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Gentleman's Magazine :
AND
Historical Chronicle.
From January to June, 1815.
Volume LXXXV.
(BEiHa THE EIGHTH o; a NEW SERIES.)
PART THE FIRST.
PKODSSSE ET DELECTARE. E PLURIBUS UNUH,
By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gext.
LONDON: Printed by NICHOLS, SON, and BENTLEY,
at CJc«ro'« Head, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street ;
where Letters are particularly requested to be sent, Post-Paid.
And sold by J. HARRIS (Successor to Mrs. NEWBEKY),
at the Corner oiSt. Paul's Church Yard, Ludgale Street ;
and by Perthes and Besser, Hamburgh. 1315.
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PREFACE
TO THE
FIRST PART OF fHE EIGHTY-FIFTH VOLUME.
P,
ERHAPS there^is no epoch ia the history of mankind, comprehend-
ing more extraordinary or more momentous events, than have been
exhibited in the few short months which have elapsed, since we made
our last periodical address to our Friends and Readers. — ^The tone of the
address was exultation, and the language that of cheerfulness, confi-
dence, and hope. — In one dark and gloomy mom£nt. the aspect of
things was changed^ threatening clouds collected, and an awful and
destructive tempest 6nce more seemed about to overwhelm the Earth ;
War and Rapine, and every variety of moral Evil, appearing in its train«
The Arch-daemon, who doubtless for good and salutary purposes was
long permitted to inflict misery on mankind, had, as it should have seem*
ed, been disarmed of his power to do further mischief, had been secluded
within a limited area, and became not unwilling to leave the world to
recover in repose, from the disasters which his ambition and tyranny
had inflicted. — Not so. — The tiger having once tasted of blood, be-
comes more ravenous and ferocious — so was it with Napoleon :
Nullus semel ore receptus
Pollutas patitur sanguis mansuescere fauces.
Once more, in violation of every sacred obligation, the Fiend burst
fi'om his recess, to set the world in arms. But, by the blessing of Provi-
dence, his arts again have failed ; and though torrents of blood, of the
noblest blood, have flowed, they have not flowed in vain. The monster is
again driven into darkness and concealment, there to lament his wretch-
ed discomfiture in anguish and despair. — Short-sighted man ! as if
his destiny, his fortune, his vain and constant boasting, was to regulate
%he order of things, and change the constitution of the world.— Was it
consistent with common reason and common sense to imagine, that an
obscure adventurer, arriving by a series of bold and daring actions to
the enjoyment of unlimited power, should, in deliance of all consisteiicy,
and experience, and justice, be suflbred to elevate to kingdoms, princi-
palities, and powers, a needy crowd of profligate adventurers like him-
self— It was not in human nature to endure so strange a metamor-
phosis. Such a system carried and matured within itself the seeds of
its own dissolution j and so the Event has proved, and we trust and be-
lieve it will never again manifest to society its vile and abominable image,
I^t us turn to fair^nd jnore enlivening scenes ; and heie the first
object which occurs, in the most glorious and captivating shape, is
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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE,
For JANUARY, 1815.
.^■i
Mr. Urban, Jan. 10.
PRESUMING the tnonumental in-
scriptions inserted in the two last
IMagazines have not proved unac-
ceptable to some classes of readers ; I
must claim indulgence for the inser-
tion of a few others, which, perhaps,
are not less simple, correct, and ele-
gant, than those coraiiuunicated in mj
two former letters. As the subjects
of them are far removed from the
reach of human applause, the affec-
tionate tribute of surviving friends
can add nothing to their happiness $
but these perishing records may awa-
ken reflection in the minds of the
thooghtless, and evince to al4 the ex<^
celieoce and consolation of a life de-
Toted to religious duty and practical
Christianity. Yours, &c. J. C.
I. In Folkstone, Church, Kent.
To the Memory of fVUliam Langhome*,
A. M. Curate of Folkstone, who died in
Fehruary 1772, at the age of fifty -one.
In life belov'd, in death for ever dear,
O friend, O brother, take this parting
tear ! [sigh.
If Life has left me aut^bt that asks a
Tis but like thee to live, like thee to die.
John Langhorne.
Of Langhorne' s life, be this memorial
given, [was heaven ;
Whose race was virtue, and whose goal
Not through the selfish, drear unfriendly
road [trod ;
Which antient moralists and sophists
But in an active sphere of Christian love,
He mov'd himself, and will'd mankind
to move.
^Enthusiast's confidence, or sceptic's fear,
Aflfected not his equable career;
With evangelic eloquence he warm'd.
With reason won us, and with meekness
charm'd ;
Shew'd in his life, his converse, and his
prayer, [care.
The friend's attachment, and the pastor's
Oft would he, in the mines of antient
lore,
Historic truth and moral truth explore ;
♦ He published ** Job, a Poem," a
" Paraphrase of Isaiah," and, with his
brother, the « Lives of Plutarch,"
Yet was bis aim to dissipate the night
Of Pag:an's doubts by Revelation's light }
The Christian's steady plan to recook*
mend.
Just in Jts source, and happy in its end.
Thus to his flock, whom here he left be-
hind, [maukindy
Thus to his neighbours, who were aA
He gave e;xample \o pursue with zelal
His Saviour's steps to -everlasting weal ;
And in the moment of expiring breath.
To give a test of endlessr joy in death*.
II. In St. Mary's Redcliffe, Bristol*.
. On Mrs, Fortune Little, wife of Mr. John
Little, died June 26, 1777, aged 57.
O could this, verse her 'bright example
spread, ' [dead ;
And teach the liring while it prals'd the
Then, Reader, should it speak her hope
divine, [thine :
Not to record her faith, but strejigthett
Then should her every virtue statid coj^
fess'd.
Till every virtue kindled in thy breast :
But if thou slight the monitory strain.
And she has liv'd, at least to thee, tn
vain.
Yet let her death an awful lesson give.
The dying Christian speaks to all xhjxt
live.
Enough for h«r, that here her ashes rea*.
Till God's own plaudit shall her worth
attest. HANNAil MORK.
III. In the Church-yard of Ann^f,
in Hertfordiihire.
In cottages and lonely calls^
True Piety neglected dwells ;
Till call'd to Heav'n, its native scat,
Where the good niiin alone is great 5
'Tis then this humble dust shall r'lse.
And view its Judge with cheerful eyes ;
While guilty sinners sink afraid.
And call the mountains to their aid,
William Somervillb,
Mr. Urban, Jan, 11.
THE name of " Anna Seward" in
erroneously mentioned in ^/o\,
LXXXIV. ii. p. 515, as the author of
the epitaph on Mrs. Grove. 1 read
the epitaph many years ago in the
South transept of the Cathedral 'aX
Licbiield, and mentioning it at Dr.
FalcojoefS
4 Epitaph on Mn, Grove^ — Bust of Sbakspeare. [Jan^.
Falconer's, where I dined, said, '' I original^ that it is time his monu-
suppcMed it was by Mis§ Seward, mental bust in Stratford Church, the
tHe FoeCess of the placd:'' — *' No, eaHierft antlieiitical^d Kkenestof our*
hnieed it is not,'' was the answer. Bai'd, shoutd f'eCover its deserved e^
* It was written by her husband Dr. timation.
Gruve hiiiiHelf; and, what is better, In your Magazine for June 1759,
she d(;$crvcd every word 6f it." €pon p. 257, it was properfy observed bj
thi^, I re-visited the monument, and the Rev. Joseph Greene, at that time
fransCribed the epitaph. I knew Mr. master of our free-school, and whose
Grove personally at Oxford, when he contributions occasionally fondd a
w£A there superintendih^ the educa- place in your early nunibers, that the
tion of his son. He had much of the doubi ithether the Stratford bust pre>
gentleman in his appearance, a hand- served any resemblance of the BarA
some, intelligent, prepossessing coun- did not take date before the erection
tenance, and was i^cHoned a very sen- of his cenotaph in Westminster Abbey f
jBtble man. H^ had been educated at the admirers of which upheld the opi"
Oriel College ; M.A. there 1765, and nion that the country figure differed
Ead the honorarv degree of O. C. L. as much from the likeness of the Foet,
in 1781. He used to live, not at Lich« as it did from the face in the Abbey t
£eld, but I think at or near Coventry; and so far endeavoured to depreciate
and perhaps gave up his seat there to its merit. From that period our Strain
his son on his marriage, and then came ford bust has sunk iuto comparative
and resided in the Close at Lichfield, neglect; and for these probabb teh^
May 1 add, that I have some reason to sons — that ever since Scheemaker exe-*
believethatDr.Grove has occasionally cuted the Abbey bust from Zoust'i
corresponded with Mr. Urban ? painting, which mast have been a
Whether the other two epitaphs are copy, as his earliest known picture itt
rightly given to Hannah M(»re and England was done, according to Ma-
Mrs. Carter, 1 do not know. Dr. lone, in 1657; and since Roubiltae ii
Stonhousc, who wrote many religious said to have made the statue of our
tracts, a piou* good man, perhaps a Poet from the Chandos picture for
Iktle tinctured with methodism, was Garrick, from the latter oi which th#
likely enough to be the author of an Jubilee Statue presented by that in-
epitaph for his wife. But I do not imitableKoscius to our Town was said,
know the fact. One would suppose to be copied, the publick have formed
from these copies, that the names, in their own imagination, and acciis-
" Anna Seward," ** Hannah Morcj" tomcd themselves to a likeness of
and ** Elizabeth Carter," are inscribed Shakspeare very different from what
on the respective monuments ; and if it probably ought to be. In thia tbej
so, my memory must have imposed have been too rang assisted by the en-
upon me in my Lichfield anecdote ; gravings of Simon, of Vertue, Hoih
but 1^ verily believe that I am right. braken, and Earlom ; from one or
Yours, &c. R. C* other of which most of the subsequeot
^ prints have been copied : they havA
Mr. Urban, Lichfield, Jan, 12, been familiarized to a/re9>c/rs}feif head
I TRUST you will feel anxious to of the " sweet Swan of Avon" by the
take an early opportunity of cor- incalculable number of busts, medals#
recting an error of the Correspondent and seats ; and by Malone, in his £ea^
who has attributed, I know not upon lous yet ineffectual endeavours to
what ground, the much-admired epi- establish ' the Chandos canvai, thdy
taph to the memory of Lucy Grove, have been taught to look with a sit-
in Lichfield Cathedral, to the pen of percilious indifference upon the*' pert-
Miss Seward, when in fact it was ness in the countenance of the Strat-
written by her husband, William ford bust totally differing from that
Grove, Esq. D.C. L. as is well known placid composure and thoughtful gra<^
to many persons here, as well as to vity so perceptible in hit original
Yours, &c. Auti-Fi^agiary. [Chandos] portrait,and his bestprinfeii
— The statuary (he continues) probably
Mr. Urban, Jan, 13. had the assistance of jome picture*
THfi publick have been so long and failed only from want of skill to
imposed upon by the numerous copy it*'*
paintings of Shakspeare, all equalfy Thus
1 1 1 5.] The Bust of Sh^speare ai StratfoFd.
Thus powerfully wUlBr^udice and
Drepouession operate, lliat Ihe Strat-
ford bust has, howeyefy been iiame-
ritedtj ne^fected, i« most unequivo-
^ally affirmed. The tradit'tou of the
town is, fhat it was copied from a cast
after Nature, a practice sufficieutlj
* j^reyaleut in that age to support oral
commiinicatioQ. ^' BuC we nose still,"
fays Mr. Britton in his Essay prefixed
to Whittingham's edition, '< a better
criterion, and a more forcible argu-
ment in its behalf ; one that Jla^s
conviction to the eye of the intelli-
gent artist and anatomist. This it
the truth of the drawing, with the ac-
curacy of muscular forms, and shape
of the skull, which distinguishes the
bust now referred tq^ ana which are
evidences of a skilful sculptor." That
it was erected within seven years from
the Foet*s death is certain, being
mentioned by Leonard Digges in his
verses accompany ing the first folio edi-
tion of Shakspeare's dramatic works,
printed in 1623 ; and though L cannot
altogether a^ree with the late Mr.
Greene, inhis liefore-meutioned letter,
that if we compare the earliest en-
graving which was made of the Bard
(that of Droeshout in the first folio)
with the face on the Stratford Monu-
ment, there will be found as great a
resemblance as perhaps can well be
hetween a statue and a picture, ex-
cept that the hair is described rather
shorter and straighter on the latter
than on the former; nor coincide with
Mc. Mailone, who could not, on com-
paring them, trace any resemblance
whatever ; yet 1 think there may be
found a considerable similitude of our
monumental bust to this print, for
the correctness of which we have his
friend Jonson*s testimony ; and the
" surly Ben" would surely not have
unnecessarily complimented the artist,
nor ventured to aiiirm what, had it
been untrue, numbers then living could
and probably would have denied. The
sculptors of that period seem to have
excelled the engravers in their respec-
tive arts ; and the Stratford bust,
which in the disposition of the head
indicates some acquaintance with Gre-
cian models, is a much superior spe-
cimen of the labour of the chisel, than
Droeshout*s engraving: is of that of
the burin.
The intention of these tedious ob-
servations, Mr. Urban, is to iutroduce
the meutiou of a new era iu the his-
tory of our Stratford bust. Ib No*
vember 1813, I gave Mr. Britton a
cast which 1 had made of this /«€#»
and from which was copied the wood-
cut prefixed to his '< £s«ay.'i Bv that
gentleman the original was duly a^
preciated $ and in consequence Mr.
George Bullock, of Tenterden-street,
Hanover-squre, visited Stratford ia
Decetaber last, with such sentimenlt
as animate ttie connoisseur, aad madia
the first complete cast of the whola
bust. Let it, therefore, he hoped that
an excellent engraving, upon a larga
scale, by the first artist in England^
will be speedily given to the publick {
for though it has been several timet
copied with the monument itself (ia
Dugdale's Warwickshire; in Pope aad
Seweirs 8vo edition, 1728, by Four^
drinier ; in Irelaod*s Avon ) Boydeirt
Illustrations; and in ray own History
of this Town) yet most of them ara
incorrectly and all of them unsati*-
fiictorily engraved. To multiply tha
casts from M r. Bullock's first, and con*
sequently valuable mould, will beaow
impossible ; for after that which }am
has in London, and one which I poa*
sess (the latter only half way down
the 1)ody of the bus^) were made, the
original mould was broken up, and
thrown into the Avon.
The Stratford bust is carved out of
a sohd block of stone (perhaps eithet
Portland or Hath), but on no part of
it could be discovered any name or
date. By comparing the style and tha
quality of the material with other
contemporary works (between 1615
and 1623) a probable guess may be
made which ot the few eminent artists
of Jarmes's reign might have executed
it. The general glare of light beam-
ing on all sides through the Gothic
windows which surround the monu-
ment, is certainly disadvantageous to
the appearance of the features of Chis
face ; but when a single or more con-
tracted light is properly thrown upoa
it, then the loftiness and beauty of the
forehead, the handsome shape of the
nose, the remarkable form of the
mustachios and beard, and the very
peculiar sweetness of expression iu the
mouth, are particularly strikin<)^. At
liist sight there appears an extrava-
gant length in the upper lip, which,
if viewed in profile, shews in truer
proportion. After all, it appears some-
what long ; and Lavater, upon what-
ever principles he determined, and
whatever
■
6 Sbakspeare. — History of Somersetshire. — Domesday. [Jan.
whatever rcgdvA his phyKiognoraical logue of the bookseller, and the ham-
obtervatioas deserve, hat, 1 believe, mer of the auctiooeer, afford a tuffi«
mentioned that the modern busts of cient prpof, whenever the History of
Shakspcare do not represent a man of Somerset is enrolled in the pages of
genius, from the invariable shortness the; one, or subjected to the vibration
of his upper liu. of the other. The very limited pa-
in the desctiption of a bust neither tronage, which the venerable and
possessing a characteristic pertnesi of well-qualified Historian of the neigh-
cuuntenance, nor deficient in skilful- bouring County of Dorset has ezpe*
ne8» of esecution't a busit seen to the rienced, would appear to afford in a*
least advantage in its present sit ua- pecuniary point of^ view an unfayoar<^
tion, so lon<; disregarded, except by able prospect of encouragement Ut
the very few, whg, having had the such an undertaking ; but, sir, when
constant opportunity, have been in the extent of our County, its infi-
tbe almost daily habit of contemnlat- nitely more abundant population, and
ing and admiring it; and at last likely the perpetual change of property, to
to gain its due value in the opinion of which that population necessarily
the illustrious Bard*s intelligent coun- gives rise, are taken into considera-
trymen, when its merits are more tion, the adventurer, I am confident,
fully known than hitherto they have would not feel that he was about to
been ; it may be at present improper launch into an uncertain and preca-
further to intrude upon your pages, rious speculation. From my own per-
which may be better occupied, if not sonal knowledge, I can affirm that
by a subject more interesting to those Proposals for a New Hi^itoiry of So-
who boast of being born in a Qountry merset would meet with general at-
which produced the greatest dramatic tention ; and in the hope that these
genius in the world, yet by composi- remarks will be considered as convey*
lions less erratic than the ** bald dis- ing a stimulus to the exertions of the
jointed chaH" of 'i^iug* rather than a reflection on the
Yours, &c. R. B. Whelba. labours of the dead, I subscribe my-
Old Towtiy Stratford-upon-Avon, self, Urbani Amicus.
Mr. Urban, Jan, 7. Mr. Urban, Jan, 7*
AS your pages have always afforded I N the margin of the Domesday Sufu
a ready admission to any obser- J- vey of Devonshire an abbreviation
vations relative to the general Topo- occurs, which, as I believe, is not to
graphy of this favoured Isle, and as be found in any other pqrt of that
County History in particular seems at Record. It stands thus,
present to held a deservedly high rank ^7
m the public estimatioif; I venture to ^ P^^
address you iu behalf of a spot, of >n small characters, and appears first
wh,ich but a very unsatisfactory and at folio 105, and again at folios 105 b.
imperfect account has hitherto been 108 b. 110, HI, 112, 112b. 113, 114b.
given. Thecounty-of Somerset, sir, 115, and 116.
has laboured under the misfortune of I am at a loss for its meaning, and
having had an Historian, who, for the shall thank any of your Correspood-
most part, has been diffuse, where a ci^ts who will assist me in attaining it.
less detailed account would have been Mr. Kelham (in Ddniesdajr Book II-
desirable, and too often brief, where ^ustrated) does not attempt its expla-
a more ample account would have nation, but says merely, ^* This ab-
been acceptable to his readers. His breviatiou occurs in the margin of
pen was not calculated for the office Domesday, p. 105, in six places sue*
which it assumed} and, were it ne- cessively, and once in p. 110; but
cessary, numerous instances might be vrhat the signification of it is, or to
adduced, in which profferred informa- "what it refers, is left to the reader to
tion was too hastily canvassed, and determine."
dociUments of an intereMing nature Yours, &c. R. R«
too cursorilv investigated. That the »
opinion of the residents of the county Mr. Urban, Middle Temple^ Jan, 9.
is not in this respect at variance witff ^T^HE very learned Mr. Bawdweo,
that of the pablick at large, those Jt in his Translation of Domesday
cqft&ia^nlmoos of mepit, the cata- Book for Dorsftshire, communicated
to
ISl 5.] Domesday — Bishop in West Indies.^— Dr. Franklin. 7
%o the Editor of the Fourt)iJVoliiine thoaghU on that most important sub*
of theexceilentHistoryof tbatCounty, ject» will, I am persuaded, be accept^
bas fallen into a slight hallucination, able to many admirers of the useiul
bjrenderingrps/i£cc/es2a" the Church portion of his multifarious objects of
itself.'* It should rather be " the same research, and seems to be a tribute of
Church;** namely, the Church just justice, due to his memory. This con-
before mentioned. — Collinson, in his sideration induces me to indulge a
** Somersetshire,*' has committed the hope, that the insertion of the fol-
larae mistake. — That Ipsa signifies lowing anecdote in a Miscellany so
*< the same,** is evident from Ains- generally esteemed and that has so
irorth. And accordingly, in the Trans- extensive a circulation as the Gentle^
ktion of Domesday for Lefcestershire, man's Magazine, ma^ not be deeradi
the indefatigable Historian of that an improper occupation of a part of
County renders ipsa Abhatia^ '* the one of its yaluable pages. It is ez-»
same Abbey,** p. vi. ; ipie H, " the tracted from *' Travels in some parts
same Henry,'* p. zii. ; ipse R, '* the of North America, in the years 1804,
same King,'* &c. &c. 1805, and 1806. By Robert Sutclifl;
Yours, &c. Caradoc. late of Sbe&ld,*' one of the Society
» of Friends (called Quakers), 12rao*
Mr. Urban, Jan. 18. printed at York, 1811 *. The Editor
IN the Tiroes of Saturday last, Jan. mforms us that the narrative was
14, 1 read a letter signed '* Laicus," penned without the remotest thought
on the state of the Church in our of publication, but from the well*
Westem Colouies. With the senti- known character of the writer, iti
ments uf the writer I perfectly agree; strict veracjity does not admit of a
mnd as a Church establishment in the doubt. He was a respectable raer-
£ast was formed in the last vear, ce- chant in Sheffield, and his extensive
lebrated for many memorable events, dealings with transatlantic connec-
and that one not among the least, I tions led him to make two voyages
do think that a resident Bishop should to North America. Several years
be sent out by the Prince Regent for elapsed, after his return from the lat-
the Ecclesiastical Government of the ter in 1806, before he consented to
Colonies. It was at first, perhaps, permit the manuscript containing the
well ordered, that they should be observations he had committed to
placed under the care of the Bishop writing, to go to the press, from
of London ; but it could not be sup- whence its contents had issued but a
posed that they were always to con- short time, when it pleased Provi-
tinue so, when that Prelate has So dence to remove him from this state
large a Diocese at home. Besides, the of existence.
inhabitants of the Colonies must be, A Friend to Accuracy.
as things are, without evidently, as the p^^e 225. ** Philadelphia, 3rd month
writer expresses, some useful Epis- 31,1806. In conversation this evening
copal ntes ! Probably some of y\>ur with Samuel Bryant, a son of the Judg«
friends know a reason why a Bishop of that name, he mentioned that Doctor
«i}ould not be sent to reside in Ja- Franklin was an intimate friend of his
inaica. Yours, &c. Amicus. father's, and that, in consequence, there
M was a frequent intercourse between the
Dr. FRANKLIN'S lastTHOUGHTS two families. Amongst a number of
ON RELIGION. anecdotes rftlatin|^ to tlie Doctor, h» re-
THATlhenameof Benjamin Frank- ^'ited one respecting his religious opini-
lin cannot fail of occupying a ""'» ^^'''!? appeared to me worth pre-
conspiciious place in future histories 'f^i"^v ^^ '' ^' ^"^^^'j ^^.^^^^^^^^
oftheeighteenthcentury,wi|l,Ihave the Doctor was upon his death bed, he
no doub?, he readily admitted ; also, T.VTj.^/ f IT^ -"^r . ^''^^ n
Tl . r i!- J- *• • u J .1 great respect for his jiubmcut in all
that of his distinguished mental en- ^i^j^^, . l^^^^ j^^^.j^^^ enterrained doubts
(lowraeuts, as well as the extent of j^ ^j^ y,^,^ ,,,i,i^j ^^ t„ ^^^^ ^^.^^^^ ^^^ ^y^^
his scieutific attainments, there can Scriptures, he thou^rat that this awful
be but one opinion. Still, as there is _^ __^
reason to believe that his sentiments # Sce vol. LXXXIII. Pan II. p. 416,
on the great concern of Reli<=;ion va- • for some anecuoles of iho latf lamented
ried at difterent periods of his loni^ GeneralMoreau,rxM<'/;tcdfr)m the same
life, an authentic ej^hibitiou o4 iuu hst publication
period
period afforded a luhable opportunity of
consiiltiDg the Doctor on this important
•abject. Accordingly be introduced it
in a solemn, veightyy manner, inquiring
•f the Doctor what were bis sentiments
is to the truth of the Scr|ptares. On
the question being put, altbongh he was
in a Tery weak state, and neir his close,
be replied, * Young man ! my advice to
|rou is, that you cultivate an acquaint-
4Bce with, and a firm belief in the Holy
Seriptures : this is your certain interest'.'
> f»
S Dr. frai&Kn.— i^wriZy of Greatrakes. — Mrs. Carter. [Jan^
Hon. William Lord RiTertdale ob^
tained a decree of Court for the said
of the mortgaged premises. They
were according^ sold to Mr. Adderley
Willcocks ; and m the deed of convey-
aooe 4he before-mentioned Williani
Baron Riversdale, Mary Great rak«s
(widow of Osborne Greatrakes), An^
tbony Hampis, Esq. and Frances Sam-
pis (otherwise Greatrakes) his wrfey
and Mary, Catherine, and Sarah Great-
rakes, dau«:hter8 and coheiresses of
the late Osborne Greatrakes, are
stated to be consenting parties.
William Greatrakes, of Clashder-
mot, the younger son (the supposed
Junius) is styled usually in these Pa-
pers, " Williani Greatrakes, of tbe
city of Cork, Esq.** He appears to
have had a property (I believe under
a lease) in the barony of Duhallow,
CO. Cork, which he conveyed to Tho-
mas Chatterton, Gent, of I he city of
Cork, viz, *' all that and those the
lands of Knockanerobart, Nancy's
Farm, ^Keel, and Milleen, situate ia
the parish of Culleen, barony of Du^
hallow, and county of Cork, contain-
ing 328 plantation acres, and also the
lands of Knockigillane, in the saraa
barony."
Of Mr. William Great rakes's claims
to the authorship of Juniu8*s Letters.,
I do not feel myself entitled to gii«
any opinion.
Yours, &c. G. H.W.
Mr, Urban, Jan. 18. .
THE attention of the publick being
a good deal tamed to William
QreatfaKos, I send some particulars
relative to hts family, drawn up from
papers in my possession. '* Allen
Greatrakes, of £lashdermot» in the
Barony of Imokiliy, and county of
Cork, Gentleman," (so styled in a
liiase dated March 0, .nS5, granted
to him by Richard Supple, Esq.* of
the lands of Monelahan, co. Cork,)
bad three tons and a daughter, Eliza-
beth Greatrakes, wife of ....Cour-
tooay, of Li8more,co. Waterford, and
now living at an advanced age. The
^ona were Osborne Greatrakes, /TsV-
lUm G reatrakcs, fid mood Greatrakes,
mentioned in the above lease, but
•U|)oo6ed to have died young, as no
farther account of him occurs. Allen
Greatrakes, the father, devisied the
lands of Clashdermot and Monelahan
to his SOBS Osborne and fVilliam, of
which they made a division, Osborne
taking Monelahan, and IVUliam Chuh-
^ermot.
Osborne Greatrakes, the eldest son,
resided at the town of Youghall, cp.
Cork { he is described ia the Papers
sometimes as ** Osborne Greatrakes,
MerekanW at others, as ** Osborne
Greatrakes, Mariner.'* By his wife,
who was named Mary, he lefl four
daug^iters and coheiresses, viz, I.
Frances^wife of Anthony Sampis, Esq.
8. Mary ; 3. Catherine ; 4. Sarah.
This Osborne Greatrakes mortgaged
his leasehold lands of Monelahan and
premises in Yonghal to Richard Hut-
cfaeson, Esq. by whom the Mortgage
was assigned to Colonel Richard Ton-
son, M. P. for the borough of Balti-
more, whose descendant the Right
• Richard Supple, Esq. of Ahadoe,
CO. Cork, (the lessor of Allan Great-
rakes J was father of Sir Richard Drooke^
Bait, of Northamptonshire. ,
Mr. UaBAN, Jan, 19*
IN vol. LXXXIV. Fart ii. p. 864,
are some lines *' Ad Elisam Pop!
horto lauroscarpentem," also a trao»'
latioo of them, both sent by a Cor<-
respondent, signed Oxoniensis. I need
not tell you, Mr. Urban, that th«
Eliza so celebrated, was the late learned
and excellent Mrs. Elizabeth Carter,
the translator of Epictetus. But, on
turning to the Memoirs of that lady^
by her Nephew the Rev. Montagu
Pennington, p. 25 of the quarto edi-
tion, 1 was induced to refer back to
the year 1738, of your valuable Mis-
cellany, aad there found not only tbe
original Latin verses, p. S72, but three
several translations, or rather imita-
tions of tliem. Also a Latin aonwer to
the Epigram, and a translation of the
same, both I believe from the peo of
tiie learned and modest object of the
first well-4uerited compliment.
Yours, dEC A CoHtTAlIT R«4DBB.
Mr.
ISIS.]
Destripiiim tf Harefield mi its Owners.
HARfiFIBLb-PLACK (• Tiew
of which furnif ihe FroKUt'
fiece t0 our present Folume^ it to
tbij detcribcd b> Mr, L|t<>af, in hit
« MiddieMZ Ptrithcit,'* that I bq^
jou to iBtert bit owo wordt i
** In the innrty of Dometdnj* th«
lUUBe of thit parish is written Herefelle ;
hi other antient rtoords, Herfeld, Here-
Mde, and Herfteld. Harefeld in th^
Saion is literally the * hare field.'
•* The parish of Harefield lies in the
hundred of Elthome, ' and fnrtnt the
North-west anf^e of the county of Mid-
dlesex, bi^iii^ bounded on the North by
Rickroaiitworth in Hertfordshire; on
the Wett by the river Colne, which sepa-
rates it from Denbam in Bucktnfbaro^
shirt ; on the Suoth by Hillingdon ; and
oa the East by Iclceubani and Rislip.
Tbt Tillage is pleasantly situated on
firing ground, three miles from Ux-
bridgc, and eighteetvfrom London.
'•The manor of Harefield is thus de-
tferibed in the survey of Domesday :—
' Richard, son of Gilbert the Eart (of
BriooJ holds Hrrefelle, which is taxed
at five hides. The land is five carucates.
Two hides are in demesne^ on wblchtbert
are two ploughs. The villans have three
ploughs. Tb«< priest has one virgate ;
there arc five villans, who bold a virgate
each; seven bordars, who have five
acres each, and one bordar, who has'
three acres; there are three cottars, and
three slaves, two mills yielding 15*.
rent, four fisheries yieliling I«00 eels,
meadow equal to one carncate, pas-
ture for the cattle of the matior, and
pannage for 1200 ho§^s. The total
annual value is 12/.; it was only 8/.
when entered upon by the present owner;
in King Edward (the Confessor's) time
n>eing then the property <»f the Countess
Goda,) it was 14/.' — Richard, son of
Silbert Earl of Briou, was sometime
called Richard Fitz Gilbert, sometime.
Richard de Tonbridge, and sometime
Ricbani de Clare : from bim it seems to
have descended to Alice, daughter of
Geoffrey, and granddaughter of Baldwin
de Clare.
** l&y a quo watTantOy bearing date K84,
it appears, that Roger de Bache worth
was then lord of the manor of Harefield,
and that he and bis ancestors bad en-
}oyed it, with all its rights and privileges,
from time immemorial, paying a small
^it-rent to the Honour of Clare. Sir
Richard de Bachewortb, in the year 1315,
granted this manor to Simon de Swan-
land, who married the elder daughter
and co-heir of bis brother Roger. Tbit
Vr Richiwd aftclrwards took upon bioii
Gbht. !!▲«• jMiHirjfy 19U.
3
the habit of the Khightt RotpltallMA i
and his wife Margaret, who had dowtr.
assigned her in Harefield, to«>k the ^nSL
William, ton of Sir Simon de SwanUiaily
bad three sons, two of whom died Mk
their infoncy, andjthe third left no Ittnt.
Joanna, the only daughter, marria^
John Newdegate, who was afterwaffA
knighted, and served .In the wart 1^
Fr;ince under Edward Itt. Id the yciil^
1585, John Newdegate, esq. the elghik
in lineal descant from Sir John, who
married Joanna Swanland, exchangoA
the manor of Harefield, with Sir Edoiand
Anderson, Lord Cbieif Justice of thib
Common Pleas, fbrthe manor of Aifmijr
in Warwickshire, which has ever sloth,
been the principal seat of the fkmlhf.
Sir Edmoira Anderson, in i6Qfl, toM
Harefield to Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord
Keeper of the Great Seal ; bis Wifefy
Alice Countea^ Dowager of Derby, aii4
Lady Anne, Laily Prances, and Lsui|r
Elizabeth Stanley, her daughters. Th^
Lord Keeper >died in 1617, being theft
Viscount Brackley; the Countest cf
Derby, in 1637. Lady Anne Stanlt)^
the eldest daughter, married Grey Loiv
Chandos; and alter his death, Mcrthl
Earl of CastlebaYcn. She survived Ikt
mother only ten years ; and on bef
death, George Lord Chandos (her ddatt
son by her tirtt husband) Inherited tka
manor of Harefield, pursuant to tbtt
deed of I601. Lord Chandos died in
February 16*55, having bequi^athed it by
will to his wife Jane. In the month of
October following, Lady Chandos mar-
ried Sir William SeUley, hart. Sir Wil-
liam died in 1656; and in 1657 hit
widow took a third husband, Ge orge
Pitt, esq. of Stratfield Say, in the county
of Southampton. Having vested all her
estates, by a deed bearing date 1673> in
Mr. Pitt and his heirs, he, in conjXincti on
with his trustees, in the month of Feb-
ruary 1675, (his lady being still living)
conveyed by bargain and sale the madort
of Harefield and Moreball to Sir Richard
Newdegate, hart. Serjeant at .Law,
younger sen of Sir John Newdegate, and
grandson of John Newdegate, esq. who
had exchanged them with Sir Edmund
Anderson. Having been thus restored
to the Newdegate family again, they have
continued in it ever since, and are now
[1800J the property of Sir Roger Newdi-
gate, bart. who is the thirteenth in de-
scent from Sir John Newdegate first men-
tioned, il is remarkable that this ma-
nor (with the exception of a temporary
alienation) has descended by intermar-
riages, and a regular succession (in the
families of Bachewortb, Swanland, and
Newdegate,) from the year 1 864, when,
by the verdict of a Jury, it appeared
that
10
Description of Harefield and its Owners,
[JaB»
tbat Rog^er de Bachewortb, and hi» an-
ce^orSy had then held it from tiqoe ini'
memorial. It is the only instance in
which I have traced such remote pos-
"^ session in the county of Middlesex.
** Harefield Place, situated near the
Church, [of both of which a s:ood view
is given in Mr. Lysons's Work,] was ihe
antient Mansion-house of the Lords of
the Manor, and for many years a seat
of the Newdegate family. After the
alienation before mentioned, it became
the successive residence of Lord Chief
Justice An«ierson, and the Lord Keeper
E^gerton. The Countess Dowager of
Perby, wife of tlui Lord Keeper, (and
with him joint purchaser of the manor,)
continued to reside here during her
second widowhood. Here she was ho-
noured with a visit from ^ueen Eliza-
beth, whom she received with all the
pomp and pageantry of those days *. Sir
Roger Newdigat(* was onci; possessed of
an account in MS. of this visit, with a
collection of the complimentary speeches
with which, as wa# customary upon
those occasions, she was adilrt ssed. The
MSJs unfortunately lostf ; but Sir Roger
Newdigate recollects, thul she was first
welcomed at a farm-house, now called
Dew's farm, by several allegorical per-
soiis, who attended her to a long avenue
of elms leading to the hf>use, which ob-
tained from this circumstance the name
of The Queen's JValk. Four trees of
this avenue still remain, and the greater
part were standing not many years ago.
It was at Harefield Place also that Mil-
ton's Arcades was performed by the
Countess of Derby's grandchildren.
That great Poet, during the time he
lived at Horton with his father, (viz.
from 1632 to 16*37,) was, it is probable,
a frequent visitor at Harefield. Afl4ir
the death of the Countess of Derby,
Harefield Place was inhai)ited by George
Lord Chandos, her grandson. This No-
bleman» during the civil war, attached
himself to the royal cause, aiul behaved
with great gallantry at the battle of
Newbury, having three horses shot under
him. . When the republican party had
• The Queen was twice at Harefield.
in 1601 she visited Sir Edward Anderson
there; and la 1602 Sir Thomas Egerton.
See the Queen's Progresses, vol, H.
1601, 1603, pp. 20, 21 ; and Vol. HI.
Preface, p. xviii. Edit.
^ Not long before the death of Sir
fijoger Newdigate, this curious MS.
(which had for many years been missing)
was found in a volume of ** Strype's
^Lnnals;" and a transcript of it was
Sade (see LXXVL 1074 ; LXXVH. 633.)
it both the original and the cqpy were
tCMin after again mislaid ; and neither joff
flS has since been found. £Dir.
established themselves in pow'er, he waa
obliged to pay a heavy composition for
his estates. He then retired to Hare-
field, where he spent the remainder of bis
days in great privacy. Dr. John Conant^
a celebrated preacher and divine, resided
with him as his domestic Chaplain ; and,
during his residence there, preached a
voluntary lecture on a week-day to a
numerous congregation at Uxbridge.
Harefield Place was burnt down about
the year 1660. Tradition says, that tho
fire was occasioned by the carelessneaa
of the witty Sir Charles Sedley, who was
amusing himself by reading in bed. II
is probable tbat he was on a visit .to hi»
sister-in-law Lady Chandos. The foui¥-
dations of the old mansion may be traced
at a little distance above the site of tbft
present house^ which was formed by
uniting the two lodges with an intermo-
diatc building. This was done by Sir
Richard Newdegate, the second Baronet*.
whose widow resided in it several years^
it being her jointure house: it was foe
some years also the residence of Sir Roger
Newdigate, the present Baronet [1800]^
who, in 1743, was unanimously chosea
Knight of the shire of Middlesex. In 1760»
having fixed his residence in Warwicl^
shire %, he sold Harefield Place (retaining
the manor and his other estates in thilB pa-
rish) to JohnTruesdale,e8q. In 1760it waa
purchased of Mr. Truesdale's executors
by the late William Baynes, esq. whose
son, Sir Christopher Baynes, hart, ia
the present proprietor and occupier.
*' Evelyn, in his Sylva, mentions a
silver fir, which having been planted at
Harefield Place in 1603 at two years
growth, had, in 1679, attained the height
of 81 feet, and measured 13 feet girth."
The Church, dedicated to the Vir-
gin Mary, is a Gothic structure 'of
flitit and stone, consisliug of a chan*
cei, nave, and two ailes ; at the weat
end is a low square tower embattled.
^ It contains a very handsome mooi^
nient to Alice Countess of Derby, en»
graved in Mr. Lysona^swork; sereral
monuments of the Newdegate family
(one of which, to the memory of Mary
Lady Newdegate, is also there en-
graved; monuments in memory of
the A'shb>e8, Bishop Pritchett, &c*
&c. ail of which arc fully described
by Mr. Lysons; to whose vali^able
Work I refer your Readers. B.. N.
X Sir Roger Newdigate died in bii
87th year, at his seat at Arbury, co,
Warwick, Nov. 23; aiid was buried at
Harefteld Dec. 5, 1806. See an aeeouat
of him in vol. LXXVl. pp. 1 ITS, 1 174 1
and a full biographical Memoir of binlv
by his friend Mr. Archdeacon Chuftoai^'
in vol. LXXVH. pp.«83> 709.
Mr»
1815.] Adxice td the Students and Admirers of Crcj^mplogy, 1 1
A'
Mr. Uaban, Jan, 2,
,S Pbysio^oniy is now laii<i:lied
out of countenaDce, and Cranio-
logy bas taken it into his head to
. supply her place, I cannot forbear to
address a few lines to }ou upon that
event; though I must confess, I do
it with fear and trembling, lest I
should expose myself, by attempting
that for which my head was not ori-
ginal Jy formed.
If your head, Mr. Urbaa, has the
same defective organization, which I
ntber 0uspect, and you have not y«t
attended the Lectures in Rathbone
Place, you will probably be unable
to tomprebend the nature of my
alarm: 1 will therefore ex |^aiu it.
The learned Lecturer <for so 1 am
compelled to style him by the eti-
quette of literary intercourse) de-
clares that no person can understand
bis Lectures, unless he has the organ
of Crauiology in perfection.
If I could admit this dictum in its
full force, I should uot have presumed
to offer any opinion upon the subject }
Init I rather suspect it to be a little
stroke of art, wnich has amply au-
fwered the intended purpf>9e.
This age, it is well known, pretends
to a more general diffusion of know-
ledge than any which has preceded it,
insomuch that ignorance upon any
subject whatsoever is now considered
as disgraceful. To avoid the impu-
tation, therefore, of an imperfecrion
in the headpiece, and of that want of
knowledge which has been denounced
as thenecessary consequence, men, wo-
men, and children, crowd the Lecture
Room ; for that want of the orj;iin of
Crauiology which incapacitates them
from understanding what is there de-
livered, does not preclude their en-
trance, provided they have previously
paid their subscription.
This plan of operating upon the
feelings of pride, in order to fill the
Lecture Room, brings to my recol-
lection a similar attempt, to excite
the benevolence of a con;;rc:'ati(;n,
which was equally kucccssIiiI. A Me-
thodist Preacher, after expatiating on
the excellence of the charity which
he was then recommend ip.g, declared
it to he of a nature so superior to all
others, that no person could refuse to
put money into the plate, unless he
were actually in debt. The effect of
this upon his auditors may easily be
conceived. No one was willing that
his neighbours should suspect that
he was in debt, and consequently
every one subscribed.
These oratorical kinds of swindlins^
are not, as 1 believe, yet provided
against hy any existing Statute.
The Lecturer iabours hard to free
his system from* the imputation of
Mattrialism ; hut ke does it in such
a manner as e\identiy prove*, that
either he does not understand the
force of his own argument, or that,
having craniologically examined the
heads of his subscribers, he is con*
vinced they will not detect him. He
reasons thus — My system is not Ma-
terialism, because man, being a free
agent, has power to correct those evil
propensities to which the formation
of his skull natur.iliy determines him.
Here the Lecturer wisely keeps
back one half of the argument; and
for this plain reason, that the whole
would at once reduce his boasted di§-
C(»very to the baseless fab rick of a
vision, for if man, by his free
agency, can correct the evil organs,
he unquestionably has equal power to
pervert the good ones; and in either
of these cases the craniologist cannot
by any examination of the skull^
which will necessarily remain un-
changed in its form, learn whether
the good or evil propensities are un-
altered, or still retain their pristine
tendency ; and consequently, as the
Lawyers express it, he will take no-
thing by the examination.
That his Lectures are well attended,
does not in the least surprize me, who
perfectly recollect what numbers
flocked, in former days, to another
learned Lecturer,, in order to he in-
structed in the Science of Animal
Magnetism.
li 1 were worthy to offer advice to
the {>resent learned Lecturer, i would
reroi! meiKl the skull of that profound
Physician to his consicierulion ; and I
have no doiiht hut that tlu* examina-
tion will somewhat slartle the Profes-
sor of ( raniol(>p,y.
I have n^vvtlf, Mr. Urban, some
little Judgnicnl in heads ; but, heing a
native ot the Tli^jhlands, and gifted
with second sight, I do not require
to handle men's skulls in order to
judge of their character; and, conse-
quently, 1 can, without ever having
seen the aforesaid Doctor, tell the
Professor some things which will oc-
cur in his ezamiuatioii of the skulL
He
12 Crtmtobgy.-^Sirictures on Hume's ^^FssOjf^n Mitacles^^ [Jan.
Ho will find the ors^an of CaU'
0agatkjf * outwardly so perfect, (hat,
without looking any further, he will
pit ODCe pronouuce the Doctor to
baye beeu incapable of giving his
pupils nooseote as an equivaleot for
their money.
But, if he extend his inquiry, he
will discover that the organ of Covet-
iiv§ne$8 is of a capacity equal to that
of Calocagathy ; and the real history
of the Docior*s life will inform him,
tbat be, being a free agent, perverted
the good tendency of the latter, and
yielded to the e? ii tendency of the
former, qnlil be .persuadid himself
that he might honestly take money
for instructions ip an art which never
kad existence.
The Lecturer must be aware that
it is by no meaes uncommon for men
tbus to deceive themselves.
The above is humbly submitted to
tbe Professor*8 consideration, upon
the supposition that the profound
Jiecturer upon Aniro-tl Magnetism it
mctnally dead. If that l>e not the case,
I must apprize him as a Foreigner,
that it is not quite sale in this country,
to handle living skulls in order to
|HroTe dishonesty, excepting; perhaps
la Westminster Hall, tlie Old Bailey,
apd other Lecture Rooms of the
MBe kind.
This^ however, need not prevent
the Professor from paying due atten-
tion to his own skull, and especially
to those organs which 1 have particu-
larly pointed out ; and I am clearly
•f opmion, that a candid examina-
tion of them wjll give him an idea of
the state of those organs very differ-
eat from that which he at preseut en-
tertains.
I remain, Mr. Urban, with the high-
ott consideration for the learned Lec-
furpri your very hupable Servant,
PEaiCRANlCM.
Strictures on an Artivlt. in the last
I^umberofthe Kdinburgh Heview.
*' Conformably to tbe principles con-
tained in Mr. Hume's ' E<%say on Mira-
•les,' and also to those in tbe Essay
now before u^, if we would form 9ome
general rules for coroparipg the evidence
(derived from our frjLperieiice of the
course of Nature with the evidence of
* 1 translate for your Country Readers,
Calocagathy is Honesty. Now>a-days
tami of Alt are not looked at unless
tihey ba defiTjBd from thc^Gre^^
testimony, we may eontider Phyiieal
Phenomena as divided into two clasaai r
tbe one coinprehendingall thoseof wbiefi
the course is known from experience jio
, be perfectly uniform ; and tbe other
comprehending those of which the
course, though no doubt regulated |)y
general laws, is not peKectly conforma-
ble to any law witb which we are ac>
quaint ed : So tbat the most general rule
which we are enabled to give, admits of
many exceptions.
<* The violation of the order of events
among the Phenomena of the former
class — the suspension of gravity, for ea*
ample ; the deviation of any of the Stars
from their places, or their courses in
the Heavens, &c. &c. — these are i)eicts,
of which tbe improbability is so strong,
tbat no testimony can prevaU against it ;
and it will always be more wonderful
tbat the violation of suca order should
have taken place, than tbat any number
of witnesses should be deceived them-
selves, or should be disposed to deceive
others."
From the Edinbuigh Review for
Sept. 1814, pp. 328—9.
Mr. UaBAir,
CONSIDERING the «< Essai Philo-
sophique sur les Probabi|ttes*' of
M. L. Compte Laplace* a*, by no
means likely to obtain a general cir-
culation in this country, and the oii6*«
much vaunted reasoning of Mr.
Hume in his Essay on Miracles, aa
already suflSciently confuted ; I cer-
tainly should not have deemed it ne»
cessary to notice the sceptical opinions
of either of those Writers^ on tbe
momentous subject referred to in the
preceding extract, were there not
perceptible, throughout the whole
critique of the Edinburgh Reviewer
on the former work, a more than
tacit approbation of the Deistical
doctrines therein maintained. It is
true, indeed, that the Reviewer, when
speakin;; of Mr. Hume's Essay on
Miracles, has been pirast'd to quality
the high eulogiuin pronounced upon
its Author, ^* for his diCp thought
and enlarged views,'* by piously ad-
monishing IIS *' not to stretch the
principles contained in it so far, as to
interfere w ith the truths of Religion. **
But how we are to avail ourselves of
this friendly caution; pr by what
kind of nvental ingenuit} we can pes*,
sibly contrive to admit at tbe aame
time, both the soundness of Mr.
Hume*s philosophy , and the divine
piotoniioiif of the Goqiel; I havo»
for
from tha condilioa of Ihe world at tmiieg ui, relaioing a *nber mind,
■nj one iotUnt, to deduce il> coodi- nili date itow «> impiuut a thought,
lioD at the next." Befuro we can what U tbere (we mnj further reueiu
Muooablj allow ounelvei to concur ablj uk) ia the nature of Kuman lee-
in of ioioD with the Reviener reipect- tinevg, whidk renritr* it iu th« lea*t
kg the le^itiraacj of luth an infer- improper ti> be made, by Diiine mf-
4kce ai thu, ws inuit ncedi be Ibo- pomlraent, \he ordinary mad mf$t ^-
roughl; pertuaded, that the verj feelual sieaium of mch eemaiuuict-
nme rutei, which of iiece.tiily detiue lion f
the preiCDt and regulate the future Will i( lufficetoantiwer (confomuk-
canaition of every material xub^ilance bij with Ihe leading principle of Mr,
counecled with this earth, de&ue and Ilume'i deiilical philu-ophy) thy lk«
regulate with equal ceriaintj both moit deciiiie i«*i of truth ii roen'a
Uie prcieiit and the fulure conititioD experii-nce ! that a iiiiructe is coiife*--
•f exerj ^iritual aultslaiice ao con. iL'dly an eTent enlireiy cimlrarj to
xected. Since, If there really eiiit, >uch experience t whilal the deieittul-
botb in Heaven and i<n Earth, Belngi ncM and lallibilttj of huuian teiti'
in oatire dignity, infinitely aupeiior munyare but tuuinditputably proved
la any porliuo of the iiiauiinatc crea- by every iniin'a daily iihservatloo t
lion, woom: appropriate functiun and and coniequently that to believe, in
conliuual empluyrueut it ii, to fxer- any given ioiUuce, an aiierled raira*
p*e over etery part of the material pie, merely in deference to human
vorid, provident add ir re si alible do- teatirouny, ia (truly ipeaking) to re-
■linavn.) what can puaiiblj he more ject Ihe alrunger evidence, and admit
Vitdeat, Uian tbat, through the prac- Ihe weaker^'
Ue^ coatfouland agencj of thuean- What real force there it ia Ibia
^« B^nga, lint pnfea uuiformilj (foimcilj) much bouted argument
14 Strictures respecting Hume and Laplace #nJ/ihrc/!?i. [Jbd%
trill be, I conceiye, l^est shewn by a
brie^ enumeration of all the several
tneaniDgs which can be consistent! j
annexed to the term experiencCf as
used in the preceding passage.
Now these (it is sufficiently obvious
to every competent understanding)
are no more than the three following.
We must needs understand by the
term experience^ as used above, either
universal, individual, or general ex-
perience.
To say, however, that in no case
can we ever consistently or reasona-
bly admit the truth of* any assertion,
or the reality of any fact, which is
contradicted by the universal expe-
rience of mankind, is (in the judgment
of every reflecting mind) in no degree
to prove, but only gratuitously to
assume, the utter incredibility of mira-
cles; it being to every such mind
abundantly manifest, that in the firm
belief of any asserted miracles, there
is necessarily implied a positive denial
that miracles are contradicted by the
universal experience of mankind.
Passing on, therefore, to the consi-
deration of the second meaning above
ascribed to the term experience (that
is, understanding that expression as
denoting solely, what has been sensi-
bly witnessed and observed by the in-
dividual whose judgment is to decide
on the truth or falsehood of any as-
serted or recorded miracles) it is ob-
"vious for me to remark, that if men's
personal experience (thus defined) be
indeed to them in all cases, and on all
Subjects, the incomparably surest, and
almost the only test of truth ; then
inust we of necessity acknowledge,
that as on this principle of reasoning
we can none of us at present consist-
ently adroit, as well authenticated,
any of the numerous miracles related
in the Old Testament or in the New ;
so, on the very same ground of argu-
ment, must we equally maintain, that
with respect to the periodical conver-
sion of water into ice in many regions
of the earth, all the untraveiled na-
tives of the warmer climates are in
reason bound to remain for ever equal-
ly incredulous with the memorable
King of Siam, alluded to by Locke.
A mode of reasoning directly leading
to, and fullv warranting, an infereuce
thus palpably absurd, must, doubtless,
be regarded by every sober mind, as
' Deiiher meriiiBg, nor requiring formal
confutation.
And should the adtocates of Mr.
Hume's philosophy, for the purpose of
obviating this glaring inconsistency »
be disposed to allege upon the subject,
that, by the expedience so roach ia^
sisted on in the Essay on Miracles, as
affording men in all cases the infinitely
best criterion of truth and falsehood,
we are by no means to understand, ia
any instance, the limited experience
of the individual whose judgment is
to pronounce on any specific ques-
tion, but the more enlarged experi-
ence and bbservation of mankind in
general: To this our ready answer
is, by none of .us can it, in the natural
course of things, ever possibly be as-
certained what is, or what is not, in
any given instance, the actual result
of men*s general experience and ob-
servation, unless it be permitted us
(after due discrimination exercised) t«
repose full confidenca in the fidelity ef
human testimony. Withhold the aid
of this grand medium of general in-
formation to mankind, or assert its
total insufficiency when considered as
the test of truth, and source of ra-
tional conviction; and the practical
demonstrations of a Newton, it is
abundantly manifest, will, in most in-
stances, immediately dwindle into the
fanciful hypotheses of a Descartes.
For with regard even to the princi-
ple of gravity itself (through the
constant and all-pervading inSuence
of which we are now so firmly and
so rationally persuaded that the ad-
mirable order of all this solar system
has been so long preserved) : who is
there among us, retaining a sound
judgment, that will pretend to build
solely on (he narrow basis of his own
partial experience and observation, a
well-founded confidence in its univer-
sal agency ?
Without an entire reliance on the
general accuracy of what has bees
written and related on this head bj
others, no individual of mankind (it is
self-evident) could ever possibly at-
tain to a full and rational conviction
of this truth. If, however, the fide-
lity of human testimony must be thus
presumed, before we can pretend to
make the least proficiency whatever
in the science of natural philosophy,
or arrive at any general conclusions
with regard even to the most obvious
physical phenomena ; why is the cor-
rectness of such testimony to be thus
impeached, and its authority thus
denied.
1811.] Scripiuri miracles,'^ Tragedies ^f Alfieri. 15
denied, in ftll discusniona and inquiries quainted with the Tragedies of Count
that concern the doctrioeiof Revealed Vittorio Alfieri *, I beg very earnestly
Religion ? If, without the aid of hu- to recommend them to your perusal i
man testimony, we can none of us be in the firm persuasion that you will
ralionally assured, that there is actu- find the high encomium bestowed oa
ally prescribed by Divine P«wer and them in the dedication of a Selection
Widom any one specific law to all of them publisiied in 3 Vols, at Ediii-
naterral bodies, does it in any degree burgii, in 1806, by the Editor Mon-
accord with reason to believe, that, tucci, not more than equal to their
however apparently irresistible its merit. Indeed that merit appears to
evidence, such evidence is, notwith- me to comprehend all that is required,
standing justly to be esteemed by us to make Dramatic writing estimable
altogether incompetent to prove as in the highest degree. You wilt find,
much even as the very slightest devia- I am persuaded, the excitement of
tion from that law ? Or, in other those '^ fine sensations'' (painful
words, is that instrumeut or medium though they are) which I was lately
wbich we must of necessity ackn'ow- told that you had (very justly) attri«
ledge to be of all others incompara- buted to Theatrical Representation, at
biy the most effective and infallible a moment when you was most strong*
in ascertaining and establishing the ly impressed wiiii its effects, carried
general rule, with anj semblance of to the highest pitch ii^ these Trage-
consistency to be considered as of dies, which interest, elevate, and 1 may
DO validity whatever in ascertaining say fill the mind, more than any I
and establishing the occasional ex- ever read before. Formed as they
ception ? are on the model of the Greek Tra-
it is for the admirers of Mr. Hume> gedies (which Alfieri seems to have
Deistical Philosophy to reconcile studied to the fuM extent required by
this apparent contradiction. Horace) and carried beyond their
Tours, &c. OxoNiENSis. simplicity in the embellishments of
* language, the arrangement of the
Mr. Urban, Jan, A. plots, &c. but, stopping short of the
THE following Letter was lately exaberance of many of the modferu
sent to a person in an eminent plays, they nevrr " overstep the mo-
situation. If you should deem it de>ty of nature," and never xvas that
worthy of a place in your Mrigazine, modesty made more dignified and in-
it may perhaps answer the snrae pur- tercstiii:;; nor e\er was any lano^iia^e
poses for which it was addressed to more iiapjiily made the vehicle of
him, with those whose sensihihty and thou^^ht and expression, than the
literary endowments are any way on beautiful and truly classical one in
a par with his. I must leave it to which they are written, and to which
his and their taste and judgment to they have «iven a lustre beyond per-
deterraine, with what reservations the haps what it ever had before. That
praises I have given to my favourite lau^ua^e indeed in common use is
Author maybe assented to. Sure now superseded by the easy and lively
I am, that to press his works on the garrulity of one which may, after all,
attention of the Publick, is doing realize the motto of an eloquent little
service to the cause of genius, good
sense, and good morals.
To ' versaliie de la langue Fran<jolse."
SiK, — I have a double motive for »« Tu rcgere /.Vo^a/r^ populos,0 (?«//<?,
intruding this Address upon you. One memenio." Possibly, however, its
is, the desire of giving to a man of influence may only lend in future to
your worth and eminence, an object counteract the more powerful causes
of attention which may have still of discord auion^ the Nations of Eu-
more important effects than the gra- rope, especially if it is favourable to
tification that I think it cannot fail discussion, by opposing one kind of
to afford; the other, that of adding preponderance to another, and by
to the celebrity of an Author, whose varyiuo- the modes and instruments of
works,! believe, arenotsowellknown human conlention. But who shall
and valued in this country as they de- —
serve. With these views, and the • See a review of " Memoirs ot Alfieri,
presaiMHton that you are yet unac- by Himself," in vol. LXXX. i. 4..S.
i^ ^ J .» penetrate
pamphlet, written 20 or more years
ago, by M. de llivarol, " sur Tuni-
t
16 T'm^rrffej cf Alfieri.— Miller's Garden&'^s Dictionary. [Jaa.
penetrate into futurity/ or trace from
their •ource§ to their results, unless
in sume faint and generni outlines,
Tague {or at least imiierfect) com pa-
bisons, and uncertain s|iecuiatious»
the eTents that determine the tate of
nations ?
'* Prudenf futuri temporis exituni
Caliginosi nucte premit Deus :*'
i o who«e wisdi ni and power, as the
"Alpha and Oineg<** of Bxistence
and of Agency, we must leave what
all our vftried and most laboured in-
ouiriei are impotent to solve : coii«
Doing ourselves more properly, in the
limited sphere of human agency, to
what ii;Osl nearl) concerns us, the
fulfilment of our responsibility, whe-
ther in a public or private capacity.
So shall we rear to ourselves, as tar
at human imperft-clion will allow,
that ** murus atieneus," whose mate
rials roust consist of our thoughts,
words, and actions: and so shall we
■till further-— But to return from this
digre^isiun, which I think cannot weU
be called impertinent, as all things are
more or less connected with the object
of it, in proportion perhaps to their
different degrees of importance, or of
ourdispofitioD to refer them to it-—
to return, 1 say, to Alfieri and hit
jl^lays, of which bit /Antigone is the
one which most interested and affected
me. It deserves, 1 think, iu a much
higher degree, the encomium that
Pere Brumoy (in his Theatre des
Grecs) gives to ttte same Play of So-
phocles, " Dans une piece oil il
Skagit simplement d'une dispute sur
une Sepulture, toiM ce que la Piti^ a
de plus tendre, eclate au souverain
degre/* This, 1 think, you will find
more fully verified in Alfieri's Tra-
gedy, in which the gradual rise of in-
terest is unequalled, except it is in the
Oedipus of Sophocles; ihe deep in-
terest, and the impressive and awful
firaplicity of which are perhaps un-
rivalled. In Alfieri*s Play^i, however,
the calls for our admiration and sym-
pathy are nearly as varied and multi-
plied as the subjects of them. They
are^ in, short, what Dramatic Pieces
ought to be, the finest and most in-
teresting moral lessons: and their me-
rit can onl}- be d"ue entire justice to.
bj the most attentive perusal in the
Closet, and the moKt perfect sudsc
qmeni representation on the stage.
The first we have in our power i the
tecood if di%uk (to aay the least) to
meet with anywhere. Not to tref-
pa.4s further on your time and pa-
tience, by dwelling on a subject on
which praise can hardly he exhauster!,
and having no motive for this Addreii
to you but those first mentioned, be-
ing personally unknown to you, and«
from my situation and habits of life,
likely to remain fo$ I will contrait
the retired obscurity of that life with
the conspicuous and Uiieful activitj
of yours, b> signing myself, with all
due respect and regard.
Yours, ^c. Otiosvi.
Mr. Urbatt, Jan, T.
MILLER'S Gardener's Dictionary,
when completed in folio, and
sanctioned by public favour, was fol-
lowed, at no great distance of time, by
an abridgement, from the Author him-
self, in three handsome volumes oc-
tavo. How many editions of tbia
might be printed, I am not fully in-
formed. The Edition in my eye is
dated 1753. The first Edition of the
folio appeared in 1731 s but I fancy it
had seen more Editions before the
Abridgement was made.
I am one of those who, not finding
it convenient to go to the expence of
the great Edition, completed in 1807
by Professor Martyn, have anxiously
wished to see a good and judicioui
Abridgement of the work as it now
stands. J t could not perhaps be ex-
pected that the Profe^or, who had
gone through the Herculean labour
of republishing the folio, would
choose toemploy himself immediately
in the task ot abrid^in^. But manj
compeleut^ personn might be found,
and the work might aM yet haye the
advantage of revision at least by the
eye of the very worthy and learned
Professor. I am persuaded that the
number is not amall of those who
would be heartily glad of such a
publication. The number could not
fail to be considerable, in the present
flourishing state of Botany and Hor-
ticulture.
U may be that such a work is ac-
tually preparing; if so, it will be gra-
tifying to ihose engaged in it, to know
that the work is so much desired. If
it has not been thought of, I hope
that this suggestion, thus made pub-
lic by the wide circulation of Mr.
Urban^s Magazine, may lead some
spirited publisher to undertake it in a
judicious manner.
. -A* UroMaHf pABMJum mMW ritoatiaDwilhrtgudtoSUiiralultr
eqaliut jur'wdie-
hoqiilal .of SL
imu, near th«
:. in No rmuid J,
the Popei I Bod
II, loEtooCoU
o the viura^,
;ar their official.
Thuma* AthtoD
ice from lT49to
himin vol. III.
iugraptiical ilk-
mi he "Literary
Nghieenth Cea-
ilhenlic luUTCci.
.be Kuv. George
lullen Cliapcl, in
on tb* Slouri and iU additiooal lU'* pariaft, was laiefy commuoicated
aame, fMs ill lord* the Pemjirokeg, to jour Magailiie, bj juiir excelieok
carta tfvffhaf of Euglana. ] lis alio OoTeipondent, Mr- Hamper*.
ailed JBati SttMifUtuKter, from lit "' * t^f y\ VUVV' 8"K ' — '
GvvT. Mar. i/Hdiiafsri IQlf- . . B*
IS
On the Rectification of the Hyperbola.
[Jan.
' By Ihe Return to Parliament in
1811, the parish of Stourminster Mar-
thai contained 116 houses, occupied
by 130 families (110 of ^hich were
chiefly employed in agriculture, and
19 in trade, Ac.) consisting of 278
males and 310 females, total 588.
Yoursy &c. B. N*
-Mr. Urban, Jan, 6.
YOUR Mathematical Readers (and
doubtless you have such) will
infallibly be pleased with the follow-
ing discussion of two -different me-
thods suggested for the Reciification
of the Hyperbola. The one proposes
to effect it by means of two fiUipses i
the other shews that it may be better
done by an appropriate Theorem.
Tbe former is Mr, fFoodhouae, then
Tutor at Caius College, Cambridge $
the latter, Mr, Hellinsj Vicar of Pol-
ters-Pury in Northamptonshire. The
discussion refers to two Papers, pub-
lished at different times in the PhtlO'
tophical Transactions; that of Mr.
IVoodhouse, at Art. X. p. 219, in the
Volume for 1804: ihsit of Mr. Hetlinsy
at Art. VI. p. 110, in the Volume for
1811. It was written originally for a
respectable Journal, but by accident
deferred, ami finally prevented from
appearing there. But considering it as
a question interesting and important
to Mathematicians, I am induced to
forward it to you. R.
N. B. — It is written by a very emi-
neut Mathematician and Professor.
PuiLosoPHicikL Transactions for
THE Year 1311. Part I.
Aft. VI. On the RectificaHtm of the Hy-
perbola by means of two Ellipses,
.proving- that Method to be circuitous,
and such a^ requires much more Cal"
culation than is requisite by an appro-
ipriate The&rem ; in which Process a
new Theoremfor the Rectification of that
Curve is discovered.
To which are added, some Observations on
the Recitation qf the Hyperbola :
among which the gi-eat Advantage of
descending Series over ascending Se-
ries, in many cases, is clearly shown,
and several Methods are given for com-
puting the constant Quantity by which
those Series differ from each othei\
By the Rev. John Hellins, B. D.
F. R. S. and P^car of Potters-Pury, in
t ^Northamptonshire. Being an Appen^
. dix to his former Paper on the Recti-
fication of the Hyperbola, inserted in
the Philosophical J'ransaetions for the
year 1802. Cbmfmmicated by Nevil
■ Maskelyne, D.IX F. R. S. Jjtrowmer.
The Rectification of the EHipffis*
and of the Hyperbola, are problems
of the same class ; and, by a judicious
application of appropriate theorems,
may be solved with equal facility*
Yet, since the discovery that the latter
of these problems might be solved bj
means oi the former, that method of
solving it has been considered as the '
best by several eminent mathemati-
cians. The Rectification of the
Ellipsis is the main subject of Art. X.
in tae Philosophical Transaiitions for
1804; in which Paper Mr. Wood*
house, the writer of it, has applied
the Rectification of the Ellipsis ta
the Rectification of the Hyperbola,
and to the solution of a problem in
Physical Astronomy.
It must be evident to every intelli-
gent Reader, and appears also from
Mr. Woodhouse's own references, that
the greater part of the matter coor
tained in his Paper was taken from
other books, and no smaill part of it
from French books, some of which
were by no means eas^ to be pro-
cured, especially in time of War*
.. So scarce were the foreign books
required, that two years empsed be-
fore they could be procured. In that
interval, however, and .even to the
present time, I have not heard of any
correction which this Paper has re-
ceived from its Author. But several
of its errors have been pointed out
in different periodical publications |
and a few of them ar^ noticed by the
second writer, Mr. Hellios^ A few
brief remarks on Art. ^. of the Phi-
losophical Transactions for 1804 shall
therefore suffice, with respect to that
part of the subject.
The differential notation of Leib^
nitz, which is used throughout this
Paper, instead of the fluxioniil nota-
tion of Newton, displays such a par-
tiality for foreigners^ and so moch
disrespect to the great inventor of
Fluxions, as coula hot be expected
from any Englishman, and parti-
cularly from a Member of the Uni-
versity of Cambridge. The new no-
tation also of the co-efficients of a
binomial quantity raised to a given
power, proposed by Mr. Woodhouse
(p. 227) to be used "/or ihe take of
concisenets,'' is rather surprizing »
since the Newtonian method of de-
noting such co-efficients by the letters
A, B, C, &c. is both more simyle and'
more eonciitu ^ •
The
1815.] Mr* Woodtotute on the Rect^catiim ^ iht Ifyperbola. 19j
The writer also falls into blemishes
of style» which mi^bteasilj have bebn
aToia«d. Such, for instance, as the
following phrases, borrowed from the
French : " The. whole integral." «* In-
tegral from z«Oto xsxl." '^Integral"
f (of a quantitj) ** between &=rO and
2<"l«" This is not the matheraatical
language of England ; and it is a pitF
if the Author, in studying Frcfnch
mathematicians, has forgotten his
fsglish Masters.
Of his Algebraic processes, some
ire very obscure, and some are erro-
neous; so that to a pibrson not other-
wise acquainted with the subjects, they
could hardly be intelligible. The
following processes and results may
he noted as erroneous* The process
in p. 231, and the series derived from
it m p. 23S ; also the process in p.
2S3, aiid that in p« 260, and the
theorem derived from it in p. 261,
for rectifying the Hyperbola by
means of two Ellipses. The form of
the fluent which Mr. W. assumes in
p. 276, shews such a want of skill in
scries as rs very inconsistent with the
high lone in which he speaks on the
subject.
Mr. Woodhouse is erroneous also
when he speaks (p. 236 and 237) of
FagnanVa Theorem as n< cesnar^y in
the investigation of Euler's Series
(given in p. 235) for computing a
quadrantal arch of an excentric £1-
lipsis. Had Mr. W. been acquainted
with a Paper on Series, written by
the Rev. J. Hellins, and pubti<)hed by
the Hoyal Societi/ in their Transac-
tions for 1798, he mijjht have per-
ceived that Fagnani's Theorem is not
at all necessary in that investiga-
tion.
Mr. W. is erroneous again when he
speaks of M; La Grange (which he
does more than once) as the disco-
verer of a substitution, by which the
fluxions of Elliptic and Hyperhoiic
arches are transformed into others of
which the fluents are attainable in
swiftly converging series.
This misrepresentation (as Mr. W.
acknowledges in p. 273) is oii the au-
thority of M. La Croix ; who in the
2d Volume of his Traits du Calcul
Differential et du Calcul Inttgralf
art. 422, speaks of the aforesaid suh-
^stitution as the device of M, La
Grange ; and in the table of contents
refers to the Mevioiret de VAcad, dcs
Science* de Turin for the year 1785,
foj the origin of it. Yet the fact if,
that a similar substitution was used,
and a like result obtained, by our
countryman, Mr. John Landen, al
least ten years before M.La Grange* $
Paper appeared, as may be seen in
the Philosophical Transactions for
1775. And the same device may be
found in his Mathematical Memoire$^
▼ol. I. p. 32. Nay, M. La Grange
himsdf, in the very Paper in the 7k-
rin Memoir e$ to which M. La Crois
refers, acknowledges that he had
seen Landen's Paper on the Ellipsis
and Hyperbola (in which the substi-
tution is used) by the mention which^
be there makes of that Paper ! It is
no great commendation of* a tutor in
an English University, to be better
acquainted with French books than
with those that are valuable in Eng-
lish; and still less can he be excuseo,
if, through carelessness, or partiality,
he gives to one Author that praise,
which is due to another.
The grossly erroneous assertion in
p. 273, respecting series of the swift-
est convergency for computing the
values of A and B. (which the Author
aflSrms to be when the index is=: 0 is
borrowed, with the exception of the
peremptory mode of expression, from
M, La Grange! Aulfius in verba,
the judicious raotto of the Royal So-
ciety of London, might have warned
the Author against this fault.
Notwithslandintr these faults of the
Paper (\o. X. for 1H04), and others
which may be found in it, stili it is
not without its value, as a sjjnopsis
of the ingenious devices of several
eminent mathematicians of this Islrind,
and of more on the Contiricnt, for
rectifying the Ellipsis, and by that^
means solving a diflicuit problem in
Physical Aslnmomy. It is valuable
also f(»r showing that several methods
of computation, very dift'creut in
Algebraic characters, are founded on
the same principle, and are in fact the
same. It is impossible therefore not
to regret that the Author did not
draw it up in a manner more condu-
cive to his own credit.
A brief account of Art. V'l. of the
Philosophical Transactions for Ib'll,
will conclude the present (iiscusiion."
This Paper, as its title indicates,
consists of two principal pirts; tlielw'e-
monstration, and the Observations.
The Rectification of thcHyperboU
by means of twoEiiipses, is an invr^ci-
tion of the late Mr, John Landen^
F.R.S. which was firit published ia
the
2a Mr. Hellins m ihe Seel^atiin of ihi Byperhda. [ Jm#
the Philosophical TraiisactioDf for 465 of tha irolome last iii€litk>iied»
the year 1775, and afterwards in where also methods are given for
Vol. L of his Mathemati$al Memoir$f coropuliog it. But as methods of
in 1780. computing this difference bate bean
In the beginning of this Paper, Mr. proposed by M*Laarin, Simpson, And
Heilins speaks of this method a» a Landen, be gives a brief statement of
display of great ingenuity, and ob- their methods, and compares them
•erTcs that it has ** justly obtained with such of his own as he has offered
the notice, and called forth the praises to the publick. The first comparisoa
of eminent mathematicians both in itofaseries in Art. 808of M'LaariB'»
this Island and on the Continent." Finxions witfi another in Art. 435 of
He next adverts to Landen's repre- Simpson's Fluxions, and with a third
sentatton of himself, as the first who given in the former part of this Paper*
solved the Problem of computing the by which it appears that each of thofo
difference between the length of the series has, in this case, the same rate
wfinild arch of an Hyperbola and its of convergency, and the three may be
asymptote, (a problem of great im- said to coincide. The next cOmpa^
portance in the rectification of that rison is of Landen's method of com-
ctirve,) although it had been solved puting the said difference bv meaas
before both by M^Laurin and Simp- of two Elliptic arches, with the seriee
ecu, in their Treatises of FluxionM; before mentioned; which affords %
but candidly, and, as we believe, striking insfance of the inutility of
justly, attrinutes this misrepreiienta- rectifying the Hyperbola by meaaa
lion of fact lo the failure of Landen's of two Ellipses. The third compari«
memory, who was old, and much en- son is of a series derived from Laa-
cumbered with other business. He den*s Theorem in his second Memoir,
then proceeds to demonstrate, That Art. 5, (for Landen cannot be said to
the Rectification of the Hyperbola by have finished his work,) with tboie
means of two Ellipses (the mode re- of M'Laurin and Simpson, before
commended in the former Paper) mentioned $ by which it appears, that
ie circuitous^ and such as requires when the transverse axis of an Hy-
much more Calculation than is requi' perbola is much greater than • toe
tUe by an appropriate Theorem, conjugate axis, the series thus ob-
Tbis proposition is fairly and fully tainea converges much faster than the
proved. Indeed, no one who.deserves old series : and consequently that Laa-
the name of a Mathematician, can den had some reason for setting a va*
cast his eye on the new Theorem lue on that Theorem. U appears
given in Art. 0 of this Paper, and afso, by this comparison, that, wboa
withhold his assent from the propo^ the transverse axis of the Hyperbola
aition. is lest than the conjugate, Landeo's
Among the observations which method of computing the difference
make up the second part of this Pa- in question is not wanted, 'since the
per, the first is : that, when the con- old series (which is simpler in ita
Tor^ency of the ascending series form than that which is derived from
(which is a new series given in Art. U his Theorem,) converget swihlj
of this Paper) ceases to be swift, then enough to answer the purpose* "Sm
a good rate of convergency will take then proceeds to show, tnat, by a
place in sotne of the descending series combination of Laiiden*s Theorem
to be foand in his former paper on with the new one given in the former
the Rectification of the Hyperbola, part of this Paper^ a series of more
published by the Royal Society in rapid convergency is obtained for
their Transactions for 1802. This computing the aforesaid difference t
naturally introduces the considera- the geometrical progression which
Hon of the constant difference which has place in it, decreasing somewhat
aubsists between tiie ascending and swifter than the powers of the frae*
the descending series given in that tion j^, even m the most dii-^
Paper. It is a curious fact, that this advantageous case, tiz. wheo the
odiistant difference is no other than ratio of the axes of the Hyperbola
the difference between the length of it as 1000 to 786, or as 4 to 5:
the infiuite arch of the Hyperbola and nearly: so that twelve terms of thia
Its asymptote, as is easily perceived series (its convergency being oukk-%
bj what is duhe from p. 460 to p. ened by numeral co-efficienU,) w.ilL
be
181 5.] Mt; UdMinB m the R^i^atiM of «l# Hj/perhda. Si
k ttifkieiit fbr all contiicm oiei.
HiviBS obtained tbU lerttfiyhe^M
j^'ArC* S49) a new ami T^ry teooTe-
aMQt-lbrniolay for coin|mtiii$ the dif-
iBraace bciDre mentioaed.
Mr. HeNingr next (in Art. Hid) ad-
iptu te pw 466 aiid 46T of the Philo-
"Mfiiical Traofactioni for ISOf^ and
tbowt that tlie difibrence lielWtfBii the
■cflndipg teriet and the detccnidiaf^
•erlety wtf% lotertad* If the yerjr ek-
iiCMioB which Mr. Laaden obtained.
If a Tery diflerenl method, in ArL 5
« his second Menioiri and on which
IM set a coBsideraUie yahie. This
difeffeoeo, as was fe^efore obiH^nred,
4^ is proved in this Article,) is the
diteieaee between the infinite ardi
if the Hyperbola and its asymptote s
wbieh dilerence be denotes by the
letter d, the character by which we
also, for the sake of brevity^ shall
doiote that difference in the reniain-
iagpsrt of our account of this Paper.
It marly appears, by the process hi
Art 95 of this Paper, that, when the
same geometrical progression dbtaim
lethitt the asoending and in the de-
Mending series, the latter will be most
eligible for arithmetical compntalion,
•a account of the absence of a column
of quantities in that scries which en-
ters into the other. So that the for-
mula for computing the value of d,
by the descending series, will be more
convenient in practice, than the/or-
flMila for computing it by the ascend-
ing series. The first of these /ormato
(which may be ciriled Landen's Theo-
rem) is given in Art. 85, the second
is given in Art. 27 of this Paper. In
Art. S6, Mr. H. refers again to his
Paper in the Philosophical Transac-
tions for 1798, for a method of trans-
fciriiring the series giyen in Art. 25,
for coinputii>g the value of d, into
others which conTerge twice as fast:
And, ill the next Article, he transforms
one of his own descending series for
the rertification of the Byperboia (in-
serted in the Philosophical Transac-
tions for 1802,) into a pair of series
for computing the Value of d, each
converging by the powers of the
fraction ^ ; where a, which de-
notes the transverse semi-axis, is sup-
posed to be much greater than 1,
which denotes the conjugate semi-
axis ; so that this series will converge
very swiftly. In Art. 30, the last
mentioned pair of swiftly converging
series is transformed io(o aocmer
pair of a simpler foully but liaTia^
the same rite of eonrergeney i th6'
oiierateons being similar to thoio
which he bad described in his former
piperr Inserted in the Pbilosophieai
Transactioaf for 1796 and 180a
Art.'Sl'ahd 9% contain the invesH-
galloD of the law which the co-e^
cients of the new pair of series observo
ad infinitum ; which law is discovered
by a finxionary^ proceHy for which we
most refer our mathematical readera
to the Paper itself, as it cannot be
abridged; nor will the nature of onr
jdan admit of its insertion here. Mr. 9*
then says, with great troth, ** Thus, by
the common application of Sir /saae
NemtonU doctrine of Flozions and in^
finite series, withoot any assistance
Urom, or r^ardto, Laiiden*sTheorem«
we have ontained a pair of series for
computing the value of d, which coih
verp^e by the powers of^t, and of
which we can find as many terms aa
we please. And. by a similar proceed
may Euteff seri'es for computing the
quadrantal arch of an Ellipsis be ob-
tamed -without any ose of Fagnanfw
Theorem, or^the leelaliae meOii^ia^
and Btrange artiJUei as Mr. Woo^
hbuse calls them^ which appear in
Euler'8 Paper."
In Art. 34, that ratio of the axes of
an Hyperbola is pointied out, which
serves as a limit of the use of the sith-
fle series, and of the pair of series^
efore spoken of, for computing the
value of d. And in the next Article^
the pair of series is accommodated to
the Hyperbola of which the semi-axes
are 1 and b.
Mr. Hellius had shown in Art 24,
that, even in the most disadvantage-
ous case, the value of d might be
computed by a series converging
somewhat swifter than the powers
of ^\ be remarks in Art. 36,
that series of much swifter conver-
gence may be obtained for that pur-
pose, by means of a transformation
of the nuxion of the arch of the Hy-
perbola; but that such transforma-
tions were foreign from his present
design.
By the examples which are given
in the remaining pages of this Paper,
the great advantage of descending
series over ascending series, in the
rectification of the Hyperbola, is
verjf obfious; and Mr. H. concludes
his Paper with this just remark:
In tbesc es^tnptes the use and ad-
vantage
««
20 Mr. Hellins m ihe Seef^atUn o/ihi Syperhcla. [Jan#
the Philosophical Trati»actioot for 465 of the irolome last mentioned*
the year 1775, and afterwards in where also methods are ffiytn for
Vol. I. of his Mathematical Memoirs, compiiling it. But as methods of
in 1780. computins this difference have been
In the beginning of this Paper, Mr. proposed hy M^Laorin, Simpson, and
Hellins speaks of this method as a Landen, he giTes a brief statement of
display of great ingenuity, and ob- their meth^s, and compares them
serTcs that it has *' justly obtained with such of his own as he has offered
the notice, and called forth the praises to the publick. The first coroparisoa
of eminent mathematicians botli in isofaseries in Art. 808of M^Lanrin'*
this Island and on the Continent." Fluxion^, witfi another in Art. 435 of
He next adverts to Landen's repre- Simpson^s Fluxions, and with a third
sentatioQ of himself, as the first who given in the former part of this Paper,
solved the Problem of computing the by which it appears that each of these
difference between the length of the series has, in this case^ the same rate
infinite arch of an Hyperbola and its of convergency, and the three may be
asymptote (a problem of great im- said to coincide. The next cOiDp»-
portance in the rectification of that rison is of Landen's method of com-
ctirve,) although it had been solved puting the said difference bv meam
before both by M^Laurin and Simp' of two Elliptic arches, with the seriee
ton, in their Treatises of Fiuxionii; before mentioned; which affords a
but candidly, and, as we believe, striking instance of the inutility of
justly, attributes this roisrepreiienta- rectifying the Hyperbola by meaM
lion of fact to tlie failure of Landen" s of two Ellipses. The third compari-
memory, who was old, and much en- son is of a series derived from Laa-
cumbered with other business. He den*s Theorem in his second Memoir,
then proceeds to demonstrate. That Art. 5, (for Landen cannot be said to
the Rectification of the Hyperbola by have finished his work,) with those
fB^ans of two Ellipses (the mode re- of M'Laurin and Simpson, before
commended in the former Paper) mentioned $ by which it appears, that
is circuitous, and such as requires when the transverse axis of -an Hy«
much more Calculation than is requi' perbola is much greater than • toe
site by an appropriate Theorem, conjugate axis, the series thus ob>
This proposition is fairly and fully tained converges much faster than the
proved. Indeed, no one who.deserves old series : and consequently that Laa-
the name of a Mathematician, can den had some reason for setting a ▼!«
cast his eye on the new Theorem lue on that Theorem. It appear*
given in Art. 0 of this Paper, and afso, by this comparison, that, wbea
withhold his assent from the propo» the transverse axis of the Hyperbola
siiion. is lest than the conjugate, Landeo'i
Among the observations which method of computing the difference
make up the second part of this Pa- in question is net wanted, 'since the
per, the first is : that, when the con- old series (which is simpler in ita
Tor^ency of the ascending series form than that which is derived from
(which is a new series given in Art. U his Theorem,) converges swiftly
of this Paper) ceases to be swift, then enough to answer the purpose. Iw
a good rate of convergency will take then proceeds to show, that, b^r a
place in some of the descending series combination of Laiiden*s Theorem
to be fonnd in his former paper on with the new one given in the former
the Rectification of the Hyperbola, part of this Paper, a series pf more
published by the Royal Society in rapid convergency is obtained for
their Transactions for 1802. This computing the aforesaid difierencof
naturally introduces the considera- the geometrical progression which
tibn of the constant difierence which has place in it, decreasing somewhat
aubsists between ^e ascending and swifter than the powers of the frasH
the descending series given in that tion f^, even m the most dis«^
Paper. It is a curious fact, that this advantageons case, viz. when the
o6nstant difference is no other than ratio of the axes of the Hyperbola
the difference between the length of is as 1000 to 786, or as 4 to d:
Ihe infiuile arch of the Hyperbola and nearly: so that twelve terms of thia
Its asymptote, as is easily perceived series (its convereencj^ being oukk^
bj what is done from p. 4C0 top. ened by numeraT GO-efficients,y w.ilL
be
ISl 5.] Mr. Heltins on the Bectificatmi of the Ifyperbola. Si
be sufficient for all common osei.
Having obtaioed this lerief, he gpre§
(in Art. 24,) a new and rerj codtc-
nieot forraoln, for computing the dif-
ference before mentioned.
Mr. Hellins next (in Art. 25) ad-
YeHt to p. 466 and 467 of tbe Philo-
fophical Transactions for 1802, and
•hows tfaat the difference between the
ncending series and the descending
lertes, there inserted, is the very ex-
Session which Mr. Landen obtained,
a Tcry different method, in Art. 5
his second Memoir, and on which
he set a considerable ralue. This
difference, as was fa^efore observed,
(^pd is proved in this Article,) is the
difierence between the infinite arch
of the Hvperboia aud its asymptote;
which difference he denotes by the
letter d, the character by which we
also, for the sake of brevity, shall
denote that difference in the remain-
ing part of our account of this Paper.
It clearly appears, by the process in
Art. 25 of this Paper, that, when the
nme geometrical progression obtains
both in the ascending and in the de-
loendiug series, the latter will be most
eligible for arithmetical computation,
OB account of the absence of a column
of quantities in that series which en-
ters into the other. So that the for-
mula for computing the value of d,
by the descending series, will be more
convenient in practice, than the for-
mula for computing it by the ascend-
ing series. The first of these /or miito
(which may be called Landen's Theo-
rem) is given in Art. 25, the second
is given in Art. 27 of this Paper. In
Art. 28, Mr. U. refers again to bis
Paper in the Philosophical Transac-
tions for 1798, for a method of trans-
forming the series given in Art. 25,
for computing the value of d, into
other*i which converge twice as fast :
And, ill the next Article, he transforms
one of his own descending series for
the rerlification of the Hyperbola (in-
serted in the Philosophical Transac-
tions for 1802,) into a pair of series
for computing the value of d, each
converging by the powers of the
fraction *l ; where a, which de-
notes the transverse semi-axis, is sup-
posed to be much greater than 1,
which denotes the conjugate semi-
axis ; so that this series wilt converge
very swifcly. In Art. 30, the last
mentioned pair of swiftly converging
series is transformed into afiolber
pair of a simpler form» but having
tbe same rate of convergencyi tbe
operations being similar to thoM
which he bad described in hit former
papers iaierted in tbe Philosophical
Transactionf for 1798 and 1800.
Art. 31 and 89 contain the inveiti-
gation of the law which the co-e^
cients of the new pair of series observe
ad infinitum ; which law is discovered
by a fluxionary process, for which we
roust refer our mathematical readers
to the Paper itself, as it cannot be
abridged, nor wilt tbe nature of our
j)lan admit of its insertion here. Mr. H.
then says, with great truth, *< Thus, by
the common application of Sir Uaat
Newton*8 doctrine of Fluxions and in^
finite series, without any assistance
from, or regard to, Landen'sTheorem^
we have obtained a pair of series for
computing the value of d, which coo-
Torge by tbe powers of a\, and of
which we can find as many terms ae
we please. And by a similar process,
may Euler^s series for computing the
quadrantal arch of an Ellipsis be ob-
tained irithout any use of Fagnanfg
Theorem, or the tentative methetU^
and strange artifices as Mr. Woo^
house calls them, which appear in
Euler's Paper."
In Art. 34, that ratio of tbe axes of
an Hyperbola is pointed out, which
serves as a limit of the use of the sin^
gle series, and of the pair of seriety
before spoken of, for computing the
value of d. And in the next Article,
the pair of series is accommodated to
the Hyperbola of which tbe semi-axes
are 1 and b.
Mr. Hellius had shown in Art. 24,
that, even in the most disadvantage-
ous case, the value of d might be
computed by a series converging
somewhat swifter than the powers
of ^ ; he remarks in Art. 86,
that series of much swifter conver-
gency may be obtained for that pur-
pose, by means of a transformation
of the fiuxion of tbe arch of the Hy-
perbola; but that such transforma-
tions were foreign from his present
design.
By the examples which are given
in the remaining pages of this Paper,
the great advantage of descending
series over ascending series, in the
rectification of the Hyperbola, is
\ery obvious; and Mr. H. concludes
his Paper with this just remark:
'* in t£esc eftamptes the use and ad-
vantage
t2Messri. Woodhoupe andHellins.'^Milton^sJlrstMarriage, [Jar.
and iDteffrity, the writer it convinced
he would not intentionulfy have in-
serted any thing that would not have>
borne the test of the strictest investi-
gation. In one instance, however^
this b not the case : and truth being
the pole object in view, more especi-
ally that the character of Milton may-
not be liable to a charge of inconsis-
tency, the writer of this nnay easily be
pardoned for attempting to dear up a
point relative to the Poefs first mar-
riage into the family of Powell; im
which, according to Mr. Todd's ae-
count, there is most certainly a consi-
derable inaccuracy^
The first Life of Milton was written
by Phillips, his sister's son, who raayv
reasonably be supposed to know tho
circums(ances connected with his un-
cle's first marriage. His words are ^
«' About Whitsuntide (A. D. 1643) or
a little after, he (Milton) took a
journey into the country, nobody
about him certainly knowiug the
reason : — after about a months stay»
home he returned a married roan thai
went out a batchelor ; his wife being
Mary, the eldest daugiiter of Mr.
Richard Powell, then a Justice of th«
Peace, of Forrest-hill^ near Shotever
in Oxfordshire." (PhilUps's Life of
Milton, p. 22.)
. Mr. Todd (on the authority of the
late Mr. T. B. Richards) aMerU, that
** Milton married a daughter of Jus-
tice Powell of Sandford, in the vicio
nity of Oxford, and lived at a houte
at Forrest-hill, about three mtlea
from Sandford." (Todd's Life 4>f Mil^
ton, p. 25, 2d edition.)
The late Mr. Richards had certainly
great opportunities of making inqui-
ries concerning the family into which
Milton married, having resided many
years in the early part of his life, at
Kensington, within ten miles of Ox-
ford. But, if indeed he ever did
make inquiries, he has in thi»in9tanc«
been most strangely mistaken ; hav-
ing confounded tne family of RichaiHl
Powell, Justice of the Peace, of For-
rest-hill, with an antient Roman Ca-
tholic family, the Powells of Saudlord.
To prove this point satisfactorily,
it will be necessary to pursue the fol-
lowing plan :
1. Give a genealogical sketch of
the Powells or Saudford.
2. State the result of an accurate
examination of the parish register at
Saudford.
3. CoU
vantage of descending series appear :
Qiore examples of their utility might
be . given : and it might easily be
•howD» that th^re are cases in which
tuch series have the advantage, even
when the ascending series have a good
rate of convergency. I trust,, bow-
ever, that enough has been done in
this Paper, to satisfy all candid and
competent judges of the matter, that
ike rectification of the Hyperbola by
means of two Ellipses is more curious
than useful; that the advantage of
coBpputing by descending series, is,
jja many ca^^es, very great t and that
such series will often answer the end
of a transformation without the tron-
We of making it."
Thk importance of the subjects of
the two mathematical articles here
noticed, will be acknowledged by all
fcieatific men, and will Justify the at-
tention here bestowed upon them.
. With respect to the two Authors,
the distinction is vei7 obvious. The
one borrows largely ^rom books; the
other takes from bis own store : the
one delights in Gallicisms, and is often
obscure ; the other is plain, and per-
spicuous.
More might be said respecting the
different tem|iers of the writers, but
Dothing that would not be self-evident
to every reader of the two Papers.
Mr. Urban, Inner Temple*
THE life of our great Poet Milton
has occupied the attention of
many able pens. Every minute oc-
currence of his memorable career,
which industry, joined to the spirit of
modern inquiry, could at this distance
of time recover, has been laid before
the publick, and points out the high
estimation in which his memory is
now held. Indeed no genuine ad-
mirer of the Poet will regard any
circumstance connected with the fa-
mily of Milton, or which serves to
throw light on the transactions of
those times, as trivial. Much curious
iaformation, and many valuable no-
tices, collected by the late Mr. Thomas
Warton, are prefixed to his edition
of Milton*s Juvenile Poems.
It is owio^ to the commendable
2eal and asKiduity of a late writer of
his.life, the Rev. H.J.Todd, that even
an additional harvest has been gleaned
to adorn what the Author modestly
terms an ** unadorned narration:"
mfd from his ackoowledged talents
DaDe-court, . CO. Kent, bj whum he
bad lirOiiODii i. Ettntond, born ItOi,
hit $ueceMer; and 8. William i alio
(is daughter). 1. Thaioazine, born
1603, married Richard Spicer, of
J,»Bdoa, Doctor of Fhjiick. 8. Phi-
lippa. 3. Aoue, bom 1607, married
Riciiard Bctham. 4. Haij, died
jouDg. 5. Marf, bora 1600. 0. Ce-
cilia, burn 1611, buried at Sandford
1841. ThiiEdmoDdF.dfiogiD I6SS,
wai lucceeded by hii eldest ion.
4. EdiiioDdP. bom 1G04, who mar-
ried Winifred, daughter of John
Throg morion, of Cou^htoii, co.
Warr. I by whom he had four too*:
1. Edinond, died unmarried, t. p.
2. John, born 1633, who lucceeded
bi* father. 3. Francit, buried at Sand-
ford, 1G90. 4. Aiiibrinei— also three
Devon. S. Winifred, married to John
Wbile. E.Mary, died uamarr. 17U3.
&. jAha P. eld«it iiuniing ton.
of hit daughters, the third,' named
Mary,died unmarried in iWS.
Boidei, the family were rigid Ro-
man Calhulici, and connected bv mar-
riage with leveral antieot familiei of
that periuaiioni at Uifford uf Chit,
linglun, Napier iif UalywelI.eo. Oxua.
Diinner, Petre, Throgmorton, Sec at
let forth in the Pedigree. ThAt titej
coalioued in thii profeiiion ii Cfi-i
dent. The two daushtert and co-
" Utttry CurioD, eiq. of Waterbury,
Culanel ot Kite Oxford Volunteers, was tt
Candidi.te to rejjreient the city of Oxford,
in Parliament at the last general EUe,
24 Notices respecting Sandford and the Powells. [Jan.
those of a Roman Catholic family i Nunnery of Lihlemore, near Sand-
mnd when he was inyeighing against ford : '* I refer to Leiand'g Itinerary^
Prelacy and Papal tyranny, it is auite for what I have said about thenunnerr
mbfurd to suppose that he would be* of Littlemore or Sandford ; but I sbaii
comeio dosely allied to such an one ; observe in this place, that the Min*
ifbe had, doubtless his enemies would shery, Minchery, or Minchion Ree^
not have failed to have published this belongs to the Powells of Sandford^
circumstance to the world. being purchased by an ancestor of
II. Parish Register of Sandford. theirs in the third year of King Ed*-
This Register, which has been kept ward Y I. of Sir John Williams (after-
with a very commendable neatness, has wards Lord Williams) of Thame. Ex
heen most carefully examined. Mil* cod. MS. pen^M amicUnmum virum
ton, according to Phillips, was mar- Joannem Powell de Santfordy armigt"
ried in Oxfordshire ; and it it reasona- rtttn." (Hist. Glaston. pref. p. 16.)
ble to suppose, some notice might A. D. 1661. June 29, "A. W. was
have been traced from this source, at Sandford, near Oxon, in thehouite'
Theentriesof the Powell family com- of John Powell, gent, which was a
mence in the middle of the 16th cen- house and preceptory sometime be^
tury, very shortly after they became longing to the Knights Templars. He
seated at Sandford, and are brought took a note of some arms in a bay'
down to the death of the last posses- window in a low room there.*' (Atit.
sor> viz. ^' John ^. esq. Lord of the a Wood's Diary.)
Manor of Sandford, was buxied^Aug. These celebrated Antiquaries passed
15, 1730 i" and although these entries their lives at Oxford, wilhiu three
are numerous^ yet bo such marriage miles of Sandford, and must surely'
is noticed. have been acquainted with the cir-
III, Incidental Notices from the writ- cumstance of Milton being connected
iligsof Anthony Wood and Hearne. with this family, and knowing it,'
At Sandford *' there is nothing ex- would not have failed to have alluded
traordinary to be seen in the Church, to it. Hearne, indeed, appears to|have
besides some monuments of the Pow- lived on very friendly terms with the^
ells, Lords of the Manor here. The> Last possessor of the estate, whom he
cfaictf of these monuments is one in terms vir amicissimus. Wood made
the South wall of Chancel*." (Le- large collections relating to Oxford-
land's Itin. vol. II. p. 119.) shire families, now in the Ashmolean
Antient Crosses : Trees in orchards Museum, from which some extract!
were often planted in the shape of respecting this family i about the time
them. ** There was formerlv such art of Milton's first marriage, are printed
orchard at the great Ivy-nouse at in Guillim's Heraldry (edit. 1724, p.
Sandford, near Oxford; the present S78); yet not the most distant hint
trees in it are much latei', though occurs of any such marriage,
there is BOW (1T24) in it a very old From what has been written we
holly tree, the oldest, I think, 1 e\er may fairly conclude, that the antient
•aw, ronnd which there was formerly family of Powell of Sandford was in
a benchy where, in summer time, the no way connected with the family into
present Mr* Powell's great grandfa- which Milton married, as related by
ther used to entertain his friends.'* Mr. Todd, in hit Life of the Poet. Of
(Hearne's Rob. of Giou. p. 638.) what family Mr. Richard Powell, Jus-
* Erected to the mtmory of Sir William Powell of Tutbiiry and Rolleston Park,
CO. Stafford, eecond son of Edmond, and grandson of Edmond P. to whom the ma-
nor was originally granted in 1542. He died Dec. 15, 1656, aet. 83. Hearne has
printed the inscription, by which it appears that he left his estates to the Powells of
Saudfordi in whose nosscssion they continued till the death of the last John Bowell in
1730,' when, on a oivision between his two daughters and coheirs, Rolleston Park
was assigned to Catharine, his youngest daughter, married to Henry Roper, Lord
Teynham. The present Lord T. grandson of the said C&tharihe P. is now the
owner of them.
, TuTBURY. In this parish, about i mile South of the town, is Rolleston* Park. Sit
Simun Degge says, ** at Rolleston Park, a mile Sooth of Tutfoury, is the seatot
[John] Powell, that was [great nephew] to Sir William P; Knight, and courtier lu
the time of King James; of whose son, as I take it, he porcbased this Park, and
made the Lod^t his seat.*' (Shaw's History of Staffordshire^ Vol J. p. h^ MS addit.
to JBidetwtek.;
tice
1815.] The Blue Mountains in New Holland explored, 25
lice of the Peace, of Forrc8t-hiU,wai,
the writer 18 unable tp say. The for-
mer appears to have roaintaioed a
considerable dej^ree of splendour dur-
ing two centuries, and to ha've been
connected wHh several noble families,
the latter was not perhaps of any not^
or standing in the county.
Tours, &c. ۥ ToRRSNS.
Narrative of an Expedition to explore
the Territory beyond IheBlue Moun-
tains; by an Officer of the lOlstReg.
THE Territory beyond the Blue
Mountains has long been an object
of considerable anxiety & conjecture;
Dot only among the inhabitants of
ISew Holland itself, but even amon^
the learned men of almost every civi-
lized Country in the World — an anx-
iety not springing from idle curiosity,
but deriving its origin from that laud-
able thirst of knowledge, to which
may be attributed almost every great
aod useful discovery, of which the
modern world so justly boasts. The
investigation of this hitherto un-
known Country presents an object in
all respects worthy the speculation
and research of the Philosopher and
the Merchant. With this impression,
a party of spirited individuals, residing
at Syduey-Town, having obtained the
sanction of the Governor, undertook
to pass the mountain-boundary which
bad so often baffled the labours of
previous Adventurers; and the result
of this lasteflTort of perseverance has
not only justified the undertaking,
but realized the calculations of those
who have accomplished the extraor-
dinary task.
On the 9lh of April 1814, the party,
consisting of 27 persons, (of whom 19
were workmen, the rest being Gen-
tlemen well acquainted with Geo-
lo£^Y, Botany, &c.) set out from Syd-
ney; and haviiif^ by the I.S'h rencljcd
the celebrated Cataract (wipch sup-
plies the River emptying ilst'lf into
Shark's Bay), where all prior altcnipts
had ceased, they iiiuutdialely coiu-
in»nced active operalion?. Tlie Ca-
taract issues from a lar(;o cirrular
oj'cning in the iiumrnsc Tu\^e of
rocks composin*^ the froni Ine of Ihe
Blue Mounlains, Ihe terrific !»arrier
which runs from one er.d of f he Coun-
try to the olhtr, preservin*; almost
the whole way the regular^ perpendi-
cular height of about three hundred
Gg9(T. Mag. January, 1815.
feet. The aperture through which
this awful Cataract falls in one column
to its basin, is about 120 feet from
the ground, being rather more thaa
80 feet less than the celebrated Falls
of Niagara. The first idea which
suggested itself to the Travellers, was
to explore a ][kas8age through the ^§*
sure from whence the Cataract issued ;
but, on more accurate observation, it
was ascertained that the column of
water completely filled the whole dia*
meter of the opening % so that no al*
ternative remained but to scale th«
awful wall of rocks.
After innumerable attempts, they
at length adopted a plan used man/
years since in repairing the great
Tower of the Monastery at Raucduz
in Westphalia — by making a hoU in
the rock at about two feet from \h%
ground, and driving the end of %
strong stake into the opening, and %o
continuing to make fresh holes (each
two feet above the former, not in a
straight, but in a slanting directioo
of ascent), and to introduce as manj
stakes, the? were enabled to construct
a firm (h'ght of steps, connected by
coarse rbasket-work, about the tex-
ture of common hurdles, the mate-
rials being furnished in abundance
from the neighbouring woods. This
was a task requiring of necessity
much labour and considerable time,
so that it was not until the 27lh Iha
workmen attaiued an elevation par-
allel with the upper part of the open-
ing through which the Cataract rush-
ed ; they were, however, most a;;rce-
ably surprized to find that here the
rock ended, the immense continualiou
of the precipice consisling of a kind
of bituminous Coblon earth, firm, hut
very yielding Ut (he spade. By tb©
following day was hollovVed out »
space sufficient for the workmen to
move at will wilh their uheelharrows,
&c. and the noble undv.*rtakiiig wag
now determined on of excavatin'*' a
fliglil t.\ steps to the .sun)mit I Within
about thirty feet of (he top, Ihe la-
bourers discovered ti.e petrified skc-
letoL . f an unlinonn animal, the head
and hody re<e:ub!in^; those of a hear,
with a tail siM^.ilnr to that of a croco-
dile, only n(>t so Ung. It is a re-
niarhahle fart, that \\ben about 1 40
feet frcmi the t^roirnd, the theriiiome-
ter (Farei'heit) fell to 37, and conti-
ni:rd so till the party had ast ended
>vithin Cfty feel of the surface,
IG Scenery of the B\ne ^wintmns. — The Psalms. fJan.
when the mercury as fuddenly roie
to 721
Oq the SSth of May, the Adreu-
lurcm had the inexpressible satisfac-
tion of landino; on the surface of the
terrific elevation over which their in-
defatigable exertions had triumphed ;
exertions (independently of that sweet
gratification which alwajfs accompa-
nies successful, and not dishonourable,
perseverance) amply repaid by the
fcene which presented itself to their
yiew. At the distance of about three
miles a second ridge of rocks bounded
their view ; but} the intermediate
country, on either side, displayed a
level and beautiful tract of land, at
once exhibiting the boldest figures
and the softest beauties of Nature :
fl'upendous columns of basalt, studded
with a silvery copper ore, shooting
•ut from the soil in all directions,
afforded a wonderful and most pleas-
iDg contrast to trees and shrubs otthe
inest growth and most luxuriant
richness, boasting a variety of species
and an extent of beauty hitherto un-
witnessed even in that Country, so
celebrated in the annals of Botany,
Nature must have been in her most
sportive humour when this spot was
tormed, the basalt and ore being
thrown into such fantastic shapes,
that on a cursory view ihej had the
appearance of a herd of gigantic
copper-coloured cattle, altendeid by
colossal shepherds of variegated silver.
On inspecting the smaller ridge of
rocks, which formed the. next barrier
opposed to them, it was discovered
that the River supplying the Cataract
before alluded to, found a rapid de-
scent through a tolerably wide open-
ing in the rocks, and by its own force
at once excavated a passage in the
soft soil on which it fell, to the depth
of about 170 feet, when, meeting the
solid rock, it continues its course for
three miles under ground, and finally
issues from the immense aperture de-
scribed at the commencement of the
undertaking. This fnlly explained
the mystery of the Cataract issuing
more than haif way down theifilue
Mountains, instead of flowing over
their top.
The Travellcri having sent a Re-
port of their progress to S)ducy-
Town, received a considerable supply
of necessaries, particularly of the
famous New Holland ponies, which
with very hitle ditiiculty they wore
enabled to lead up the wicker tteps :
these animals were of the greatest um
in conveying the provisions aiul tents
from day to day, as the party ad-
vanced I for the second ridge of
mountains was pasted in two days,
with comparatively very little labour
in excavation. Several most extras-
ordinary trees, of species before to*
tally unknown, presented themselvea.
Of one kind there were some that
measured the wonderful extent of 45
feet round the trunk ; another very
curious genus exhibited an immeoM
number of spikes or thorns, nearly a
foot lon^ and as hard as iron, dis*
persed all over the trunk. It was
remarkable that at the feet of tbes«
last-mentioned trees were invariably
seen considerable quantities of bones,
which, there was little doubt, wera
the remains of unfortunate animals,
that, either in the ardour of pursuit,
or the darkness of night, had been
at different times transfixed by the
terrific spikes in question.
(T9 be continued,)
Mr. Urbav, Jan. 6.
MY acknowledgements are due to
your Correspondents whaaa
communications (Part II. of your laat
Volume, pp. 22. 209.) have strength^
ened tbe conjecture which I ventured
to offer respecting Psalm 109, (Part I.
p. 551): but, as I happen to be a
*<poor unlettered woman," to use the
expression of your Correspondent W.
in your last volume, p. 535, I must
beg his excuse for declining to hazard
an opinion whether or not *< such pas-
sages ought to be rendered** in a dif-
ferent manner. Indeed, Mr. Urban,
it was scarcely a fair challenge, after
having professed that my supposition
was founded on *' the authorized trans-
lation,'* and that I was unable to as-
certain how far it might be agreeable
to the original.
Your Correspcmdent W. need not
be reminded that many prophetical
passai^es have a double signification^
referring equally to the present and
future; but in submitting nn inter-
pretation oi Psalm 109, 1 considered
it merely with a view to its gramma-
tical construction, and as a part of
our Church service, very liable to
be misunderstood by tbe unlearned^
aud pcrhajiHs among others, by
Youri,&c. il.
FaAGMaiiTS
1051 he left Mr. St. John, anil in 1 ASS
joined Crorowell. At p. 3, Mr. St.
Joba add*, " HbtIii; bred him Trum
s jonth in my lerTice, he nut of
reqtect once or twice in a quarter of
» fear xiiited me :" but denies that .
be gave, anji private advice to Crom-
■wM bj Mr, Thlirlue'i meaTit. Hr.
St. Joho, ai i( well known, tma Lurd
Chief Justice of the Colbmon PIcai.
WraxrH db Wordb.
The followinj; extract ii from the
Certificate! of College* and Chao-
triet in th« Au*;mentatioa Office, Itt
Bdw. VI.
"The Parocfae ot St. Brid* in Flete
5lr«t. Wynkyn de Worde dccea»«d
lij yeret past willed and B*™ to the
■ayd Churcbe in Mun^ to buy Landes
with the same, and w'* the prufiiteB
tberof lo kepe an obite for hit Suule fur
Latbah'i FlDLCONaV,
4^0. Und. 1633.
Th* fallowing mBf he couiidered
ta bj (u the luiitl cMioui portion «f
Ibi* work.
Faulcontra carrit many if awks together
when tbey bring them to lell.
Dropping, 'a nben a Hawke mutetb
directly duwnewaril, in leuerall drop*,
and ierlteth it not long-waiet from her.
Diicleted, i« wUen yoang Hawket are
newly hatch'l, and aa it were discloced
from tbeir slieU.
Erie, it the nest or place where a
Hawke huildetb and brin^th vp her
yaung ones, whether in woods, rocks, or
any other ptac^ei.
Mndem, is when a Hawke digesteth
her meat, not ooely putting it ouer
from her gorge, but also cleansing b«i
paunell.
Cargt, is tb»c pan of the Hawk*
which first reciiiutth the meat, and ii
called the craw ur crop in other fowlel.
Gurgiling, is when a Hawke IsstufI or
suffiicated with any thing, be it meat or
otherwise.
'Intt, whether it be of Partridge,
fowie, dours, or any other prey, ii tha
necke fnim 'be head to the body.
Intermmed, is fruin the first eiehanga
of a Hawkes cuai, ur from her firet mew-
ing, till she came to be a white Hawke.
Itttet, are those short itraps at le>-
tbar, wbicb are bttoad to tbe Hawki
lege*
25 Marrow of " Latham's Faulcomy^ — Dean Swift. [Jan.
leg^^es, and so to the lease by varuels,
anletfi, or such like.
Lvevy is that whereto Faulconers call
their youn^ Hawkes by casting it vp in
the aire, being made of feathers and lea-
ther in such wise that in the motion it
looks nut vnlike a fowle.
Lease, or Leash, is a small long thong
of leather; by which the Faulconer hold-
eth his Hawke fast, folding it many
times about their fingers.
Lice, are a small kinde of white ver-
mine, running amongst the feathers of
the Hawke.
Mvlingi is the excrements or ordure
which comes from Hawkes, and contain-
•th both dung and vrine.
A Make- Hawke is an old staunch fly-
ing Hawk, which being inured to her
flight, will easily instruct a younger
Hawke to be waining in her prey.
Managing', is to handle any thing
with cunning according to the true
nature thereof.
Mew, is that place, whether it be
abroad or in the house, where you set
down your Hawke, during the time that
the raseth her iVathers.
ACites, are a kinde of vermine smaller
than Lice, ami most about the beads
and nares of Hawks.
Plumming, is when a Hawk ceaseth
a fowle, and pulleth the feathers from
the body.
Plummage, are small downy feathers
which the Hawke takes, or are giuen
her for casting.
Pelt, is the dead body of any fnwle
kowsoeuer dismembred.
Pill, and pelfe of a fowle, is that
refuse and broken remains which are left
after the Hawke hath been relieued.
Plume, is the general! colour or mix-
tures of feathers in a Hawke, which
sbewcth her constitution.
Pearch, is any thing whereon you set
ycur Hawke, when she is from your fi^t.
Prey, is any thing that a Hawke
Icilleth, and feedeth her selfe thereupon.
Pannell, is that part of the Hawke
next to the fundament, whither the
Hawke digesteth her meat fro^n her
bodie.
Qvarrie, is taken for the fowle which
is flowne at, and staine at any time,
especially when young Hawks are flowne
thereunto.
Rvfter-hood, is the first hood which a
Hawke weareth, being large, wide, and
open behinde.
Reclaiming, is to tame, make gentle,
or to bring a Hawk to familiaritie with
the man.
Raised in flesh, is when a Hawke
^ows fat, or p.rospereth in flesh.
Bamagej is when a Hawke is wilde^
coy, or disdainfull to the man, and con-
trary to be reclaimed.
Sliming, is when a Hawke routeth
from her longwaies in one intire sub-
stance,anddoth not drop any part thereof*
Stooping, is when a Hawke being vpoh
her wings at the height of her pitch,
bendeth violently downe to strike the
fowle, or any other prey.
Summ*d, is when a Hawke hatb all
her feathers, and is fit either to be taken
from the Crie or Mew.
Setting downe, is when a Hawke ia
put into the Mew.
Sore-hawke, is from the first taking
of her from the eiry, till she haue mewed
her feathers.
Trussing, is when a Hawke raiseth a
fowle aloft, and so descendeth downa
with it to the ground.
Vnsumm*d, is when a Hawks feathers
are not come forth, or else not com'd
home to their full length.
Weathering, is when you set your
Hawke abroad to take the aire, either
by day or night, in the frost, or in the
Sunne, or at any other season.
A FRIEND TO AccvRAcywishes to
be informed whether the anecdote
of Dean Swift's dining with Sir Ro-
bert Walpole (afterwards Earl of Or«
ford) at Chehea, related by the father
of the late Bar re Charles Roberts ia
a letter to his son (see p. 570 in our
Magazine fojr December last), has ap«
peared in any former publication;
further than that, the probability of
the circumstance may be partly in-
ferred from. Lord Peterborow*s let*
ter to Swift, inserted in the first five
editions of Dr. Hawkesworth's Col-
lection, but suppressed in the subse-
quent impressions. In the copy of
the 5th edition, 1767» that came into
the possesiiion of the writer hereof
many 3 ears ago, a manuscript memo-
randum, without signature, is attach-
ed to {)ageS53 of vol. ill. as follows s
'< Letter CCCLXXXV. Lord Peter-
borow to Dr. Swiff. This letter is
left out of ail the subsequent editions (
in consequence, there is reason to
believe, of the intercession of Sir
Robert Walpole*s youngest son (Ho-
race Walpole of Strawberry HillJ,
who was extremely averse to thip
knowledge being handed down to
posterity of his father's having ever,
while Prime Minister, proposed, or
even consented to an interview with a
man so obnoxious to the Whig party
as Dean Swift."
0«
1815.] Antiquity of the University of Cambridge.
Oh th« Ahtiquity of thb Uw iyee-
IITT OF CamBEIDGB.
(From Mr, Djer'i HUtory of the
UniversHy and Colleges of Cam-
bridge, vol. I.)
IT ibould seem that, in desoribmg a
place of literature, it is difficult
for genuine sons to suppress partial
regards. Gratitude is apt to grow
overfond, Curiosity to become super-
stitious: and bence men gi^e to an-
tiquity what is due only to truth.
Thus we are told by some, that Cam-
bridge was founded in the year of the
world 4321*; by others in 3588, t.^.
375 years before Christ f. Then it
wma, they say, when Cambridge was
formed into a seat of literature by
one Canlaber, a Spaniard, and from
bim called Cautabrigia. Very early
they introduce into it Grecian Philo-
•ophers, to give it. literature: they
people it earl^j with Christian Doc-
tors: it is soon destroyed, and soon
reTives: and in purifying it from
heresies, and in promoting Astro-
Bonray, with the other sciences, they
Jead us on with a tolerable grace to
the year of Christ 529 ^.
Then we are surrounded with a
traiu of sacred te!»timonies arid illus-
trious Patrons ; with charters from
Kiog^s Arthur and Cadwallader, and
confirmations by Edward, son of Al-
fred ; with buils and confiniiations
from Popes Honorius Ser^^ius and
John: and thus we are brought down
to the year of Christ 915, (he date of
Edward's charter.
Yet, after all, we are following an
ignis fatuus, :i light reflected from a
history unsubstantiated by authority,
and written by a very fabulous writer.
For such is the book appealed to,
called Liber Niger, or the Black
Book, in the archives of the Univer-
sity of Carobrid<;e; and such, iu the
opinion of alt writers, was he to whom
this history is ascribed, Nicholas
Cantaiupe.
'* Nicholas Cantalupe, (to borrow
Bishop Nicolson's words ^,) is re-
M
ported also to ha?e penned a general
Chronicle of England.*' Yet of such
little account was he, that by Bellar*
mine, whose business was to cbronicit
such chroniclers, be is not once men*
tioned ||. But, it appears, he was
Prior of a Monastery of Carmelites
Friars A. D. 1441.
As to the Black Book, the litlla
credit due to that depends not merely
on the assertions or solitary proofs of
Oxford Antiquaries. They, indeed,
have been as violent in opposing its
claim, as some Cantabrigians hayo
been rash in its support. Nor cao
we wonder that, whenjone Cambridge
Orator supported the superior anti*
quity of his University, by adesperata
appeal to this book or fables, aa
Oxford Orator 1[, the assertor of the
superior antiquity of his University,
should entrench bimself, as it were,
within this argument. It was a sort
of stratagem of war, and ajustrfiable
one. But Bishop Nicolson speaks
too largely when he affirms, that
** the Black Book at Cambridge makes
as considerable a figure there as our
old Statute-books at Oxford.'*
This book is, indeed, the ground*
work of Caiu8*s idle assertion for its
great antiquity (though even Caius
and Codex did'er in their dates), and
of tlie violent Controversy between
Kej and Twine of Oxford, and Caius
of Cambridge. It is introduced also
into Parker's History of the Antiqui-
ties of the University of Cambridge,
though he decides neither for nor
against its authenticity. But the
()pinion of Hare was decided. ** This
is said (he is i^peaking of an Hiitoriola
alluded to above) to be taken ex
NiGRo CoDiLE UuiversitJilis,/r{;OT the
Black Book of tht University ; but it
seems to be no better than idle fic-
tion, thoUj^h the preceding Charters,
J. 3. 5. (viz. the Charters of Kings
Arthur, C;jdwallader, and Edward,)
are copied from it."** Hare, being
a Papist, was probably willing to
reserve the Pope's Bulls for the
honour and glory of Alma Mater.
* The History, &o. of Candjridge, tm printed in Mr. He.irnti and Mr. Parker.
-f* Hist. Cantab. Lib. 1, Authore Joanne Caio Ani^l). So Ciius states it, after-
Gild-i";. Nay the foundation of Cauibridge has been placed still higher, in a time in
which, says the Assertor Antiq. Oxim. " Nullos adhuc incolas, nisi forte \ giganti-
bus occupatam contendant, magno scriptorum consensu constat; viz. A.M. 182^.
X Hist, in Liber Niger.
§ English Historical Library, p. 50 — 128.
II De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis, Liber unus, 16G3.
4 Assertio Antiq. Acad, O»on. p. 7. *• Hart's Ml^P Coll«ctions, vol. T. •
liul
so
Antiquity of the tZ/iiWrn/ygf Cambridge
[Jan.
But Baker *» our honest and learned v
Cambridge Antiquary, considered
these BiUls also gro§s forgeries, for
the purpose of fresh impositions.
Dr. Ash ton, too, a learned roan, and
well acquainted with Cambridge Anti-
quities, has prefixed to the Index of
the first Volume of Parris's Index,
bis testimony against both Bulls and
Charters f: and Dr. Parria appears
from what he says ** of (he moit use-
less part of the book:^,'* to bafe been
of the same judgment.
What Carter's opinion of this Black
Book was, is clear enough. He says,
without the snSallest authority, in-
deed, ** that the first original of thif
famous University is said to be about
A. D. 536, when one Cantaber, a
Spaniard, was a Governor under Ar-
thur, King of the South Britons :**j:
to unaccountably out of order is he
in his chronology, and so at variance
both with Caius and Codex.
To crown all, Mr. Robert Smyth,
when remarking th Mr. William
Bokenham was the author of the
Historiola, adds, '* being part, as it
is called, of the Black Book of Cam-
bridge. Therein is the story of Can-
taber, whose son Grantanus is said to
have built Cambridge, called from
him at first Cairgrant :" but of this
book, and the Legends, Leland has
said too justly, *' there are a hundred
things of the same kind. Truly I
never read any thing in it more vain,
nor at the same time more stupid and
foolish.*'^ If, therefore, our Oxon-
ians pay as much (and no more) de-
ference (I use Nicolson's words) to
their old Statute Books, as our best-
informed Cantabfr do to the Black
liook, it is clear they pay no de-
ference to them at all.
As to the earliest Charters and the
Bulls, then, contained in this book,
their aulhunt j will tell but for little.
Ill tracing the birth of some Colleges,
I hava tound, if they have not in
their Chartularies an original Charter
of Foundation, they have at least an
attested copy, which, as it would be
valid in a Court of Law, so would it
authenticate history: hut, in the pre-
sent iaslanee, there are neither otK'
ginals, nor attested copiea of ori«
ginals ; and as Black Books would be
no legal evidence!, so can they give
no authority to History.
As little can be said in favour of
Cantaber : no* such name is onoe men-
tioned either by Gildas or Bede, wbo
are our earliest writers of Britifh
History I nor, of course, by succeedii^
writers, who tread in their stepei
such as Spelman, in his British Coon*
cik, [and Camden, in bit Britannia.
And yet a Spanish Prince, settling ill
this island, founding a teat of learo^
ittg, and giving name to a part af the
country, must have been etrcaior
stances of notoriety. Had Ibey bees
true, mnst they not have been heafi
of? Had they been heard of, m«8t
they not have been recorded i la It
probable that neither Cassar, nor
Tacitus, should have heard of tack
an occurrence ? There was a Romoui
Camp near Cambridge. Tacitus waa
very curious about the Britons, and
prepared to do them justice, as may
be fully seen? in his Life of Agricola.
Indeed, he expressly observe* that
some of the Iberi, an Eastern people
of Spain, passed over to the Western
side of Britain: and had any of the
Northern inhabitants of Spain, the
Cantabriy settled in the Eastern part
of Britain, is it not as likely he would
have mentioned also that i 1 say, the
Cantabri{%o theBiscayans were called)}
for, had there been any foundation for
this report, they should rather have
been called some Cantabriy a gentile
name, than one Cantaber ^ a proper
name of an individual.
As neither Caesar, nor Tacitus, nor
Gildas, nor Bede, nor any con*
temporary writer, mentions the cir-
cumstance; neither does Richard of
Cirencester, in his account of the^
Province of Flavia, where Camberico
was, as it occurs, stated by him, in the
5th Iter of Antonine*s Itinerary||.
But enough of Black Books, and
Bulls, and dreams of Charters. The
truth is, many circumstances have
combined to disturb the repose of out
University Records, and Public Li-
* MS Hist, of St. John's College, in the British Museum.
f Hse ChartSB Antiquae, una cum Bullis, omnino videntur esse fictitiss.— Dr. Ash*
ton's Note to Dr. Parris's Index to Hare's Collections, 1st vol.
X History of Cambridge.
$ Mr. R. Smyth's MS. in Mr. Nichols's copy of Carter's History, &e. and Leland
-in his Notes to Cantio Cygnea.
il Ricardtts Monacbi^ &c de Situ Britannis, Cap. vi.
brariea.
becD muit wilting to deitfoj. Some
oF our mult flalteiioe teilimoDie*,
tberefore, mail base beea made up
of conjecture!, tradition*, and antieot
hiitoriei, accdtiible to every uaei or
of impotturei, and fragmenli oF no
account .
1 have included antieot hi«Ioriet,
because, in quetliooi of Ibii kind, it
I* no uncommoQ tbin? fur Writers to
rak of Archives, wbich, while (be;
reach to later occurrencei, do nut
to such a* are remote. Here thej
take nu aotient Autbori: but where
ate their Arcbivei?
Thefirit public instrument relating
to this Uniteksity, tliat cnu be
tpoken ol' at aoduubledl)' anibeiitic,
is of (he ISth year of Uenrj 111.
A. C. I!S9.
. Splendid, tberefiire, as our llistorj
migtit have appeared, if introduced
with n Spaniin Prince, brougiil Into
this Ulaud by our King Gurguiitiu),
and ruuud'U:^ a Urilisb linivcrsitj,
■ud decurated in front with liie uames
' . * Reliquia Bodleianc.
YOUR Curreipondcat, who repeat*
the charge of ignorance agaiaut
Dr. Priestley, (p. 5S0.) puts me in
miud of a very IjJgeniuus Lady, who
persists in H«<uring the publick that
Dr. Wilmot teas the Auther of Jif
nim't Leilera. But whore is the eTi-
dence of the facts'
Any pen jn who considers ihegreat
number uf quutations, amounting to
some thousand.', from Ibe Greek and
Latin Fathers, and many uf them of
great length, wbich Dr. Priestley ha*
collected, arranged, and interpreted,
may nalutall^ enough expect to mi:et
with some mistakes; and avery nnall
share of candour iiii^hl be sufBcieot
to pardon them. I'lTe present chai^
of ignorance against Ibis Writer is .
grounded on an alleged mistake of
the meaning of a Greek epithet,
which has more 'significations than
one ; ami, if the mistake were real, it
wuuld scairely be of the weiKhl of a
feather. Are ncil ^1 Tianslalors lia-
* Oton. Htttoriula, ex Libro Prwun-
3£ Opinions §/* Ignatius.— ^Banks's " Extinct Baronage.^ [Jan.
who, like WiUiam the Con(i|uei;orf
should have disposed of our l^Ves, and
liberties, and property, by his oira
arbitrary will and pleasure. But our
glorious Ancestors understood their
ut\r better than theParishPriesti and
to their noble exertions we owe the im-
portant improvements that have beefl
made in our Civil and Relio^ious In*
stitutions. May we, and our poste-
rity, have the wisdom, the virtue, and
the fortitude, to improve by, as well
as to admire, their emnient exaraplek
The doctrine of the Parish Priesl^
whose instruction, I have the satis-
faction to hear, is more conformable
than your Correspondent's to that of
the zealous and beoevolent ApQ^tle,
who exhorts us to prove ell things^ to
holdfast that which is good^ and to^#
on to perfection. And though it b«
Ibleto fall into mistakes; and which
of them has ever been able to satisfy
every body in all things? But the
mistake, in the present instance, not
laving been proved, we may be al-
lowed to suppose that it does not
•xist.
Let your Correspondent read with
attention this vast collection of quo-
tations, not with the paltry view to
find mistakes, but to examine with
•eriousoess and impartiality the evi-
dence they contain, and then let him
^oniicientiously draw the legitimate
inference from them : after which,
let him lay the result of his diligent
inquiry before your Readers, and we
thall he happy to afford it the consi-
deration it deserves. Truth can be
up loser by it.
The sentiments of Ignatius may be
that ifou call the evil spirits of the
heathens, gods: for there is but one
Godt wh^ made heaven, and earth,
0nd the sea, and all things that are in
them ; and one Jesus Christ, his only
pretty clearly ascertained from what true that absolute perfection is what
this venerable sufferer for his religion cannot be attained by any human en*
laid, when he appeared before the deavours, yet it is equally true (as be.
Emperor Trajan. His words are very has often told us, and I have listened
remarkable : You err (says he) in to it with delight,) that it is ourdutj
always to aim at it, as the best meant
of improvement, either in Art, ia
Science, or in Morals.
Accept the thanks of an individual,
Mr. Urban, for your interesting ac-
begvtten Sen, whose kingdom may I count of Improvement in the Art of
enjoy. Any sentiment in the Epistles, Printing, (p. 341.) which is highlj
inconsistent with this solemn declara- gratifying to
tion, must necessarily be sospcctrd of
baviiig undergone some alteration,
and cannot be implicitly admitted as
genuine. And, let me ask, are these
words of this excellent man the lan-
guage of an Arian, a Trinitarian, or a
Unitarian ? Let the Header judge.
I beg leave, Mr. Urban, to add a
ward or two to a Parish Priest, who
(p. 538.) looks upon it as /z duty to
support the antient faith, and esta-
Hishtfd Institutions of our Country.
Of course, it was once a duty to resist
the introduction of Christianity, as
well as the progress of the Reforma-
tion, in this Country. Am\ had this
resistance, which was actually excrt-
Yours, &c. A Sussex Frbbholdb'r.
Mr. Urban, Jan, 18.
THE Extinct Baronage by Banks ia
a work of unquestionable merit f
but I cannot approve of the remarks
in the first volume, under the article
of Bythre and Lascels. It was, f
admit, Mr. Bank&'s duty to reject un*
founded claims to antient desceot i
but it should have been done with
more addrens and civility. Whether
the Ryders and Lascels of the present
day arc of the s^ime lineage as the
antient Barons Rythre, and Barons
Jja*<cels I am not disposed todiiicussi
and your Readers will not, I suspect.
ed, prevailed* we, the inhabitants of feel much interest on the subject
Iftiis highly>favoured Isle, i^iight now
have been bigoted Papists, or cv(*n
idolatrous Heathens. Also, hr>il this
duty been regarded as parumount in
former times, we of this day, insUad
of living under a free Government,
in which the people themselves have
a sKare through their Representa-
tives, might hav« been groaning un-
4ec. the tyranny of a single Dcspol^
l^ut where was the necessity of at-
tempting lo turn into a ridiculous
point oi view two noble lamilics of
the existinj; Nobility ? one of Ihcm
founded by an eminent Judge $ and
the other (whether descended from
the J'iironiiJ/ascels or not) most n«-
siirciUv rstnblished in Yorkshire for
soiDc ccnturie.o. iMr. Luscclles, Mem-
ber f4ir 5i4)r}haJi«flon in the reign of
Charter
dNHrijt t. ^ wii,^ M^t NoblW in liii brokeshlre i abS under the following:
flmiily.'' Se Mi tented- mt Siiak in,
TMlnUne (11111 te the peitteioB 0f
th# ttsmNMMl faifiil|\ Md mmitM
tte'iaiigliter erstrWrniattt 8t Q^i-
lii^ WL Mr. BmIu Mtmt tojaj
tm^miauk Awtm apoa ^•epiffi'aiiir' aint
^ «fitapli«r •M.ieeiiktg poioU cif Fa-
ll^ l^liqiiii;. He talkt, too, of like
JBliif*ei oflielend, thoog h his ho^k
ie4aladri8#r. fij Lord illrtf^Miffi^,
teprebeUj mettit JLord Sherhorne.
•' SIb. UftBAVf Stm. It.
TAB tttiqaated and ne>w impfo-
Har style of ^JTIisrdMa" of Ir?-
brokeshlre i ai
'^An P«tn^faerft RoHhI nib jodfee Hi
Sifnonem tLoieat oemo fbitM iMgat/'
i fiad,- in m? .lale.frieod> writiDg^, the
aote^ <• Th» Kpigram eoti Owen $
fortttoe.*'
I had formM an opinioii thai then
Bpigramf were the earl j prodoctioaf
Of the celebrated Dr. Joha Oivi^, the
Nonconformist, the friend and fa? out*
ite oi Cromwell, and who^ during the
time of the Commonwealth, was p«^
ferred to the Deanerjc of Christ^
Church* Oirfbrd, and w^ also Vice^
Chancellor of that 0nifersitj i biit |
learn front Middleton*i 'Biogrsphla
liecnrs' rather frequenti j k Mr. ^"^^^^'^^^^l ^^tH^^'^l **• ^^
JTiatioct Bar^ In yoI. Jf ^^ \^. I61d. and therefore at the
a. l6i,be speaks ofpgh.Barl of J*"? J^ ^^ publicalion in au^^
twdve Tears of age^ and, of coursi^
netitsAuthon
I shall hold myself greatij obliged
to any of jour Correspondents who
can faTour mnii through your eicel*
leat Miscellanys #ith some account
of their real Authdr, and any olM
iertraiicHis that mily occur resp6cllnj{^
thisi or auy other of his vfrorki.
Tours, &c. W.
'Dafal
•r Ike Bowkrd Family in p< fT6, is a
Ikcti bat is. not the mention intra-
4Med ui a way rather uacjoorteous,
whtm treatiag of a fauiilv whose
ciuiBi to reject are foundea on a
iMMns sa fuaeh sponger than bare af«
tii|ilil|? . 1 do not mean to combat tile
telb of Mr. Baaks*s statement \ 1 only
•Ije^t to'the sneering way in whkhit
la brought forward. The House of
9oward may yield to many families
io point of were antiquitj ; but few
can compare with them ii» high rank^
celebrity^ and aliiaDce, for such a
aMmtinoance.
Yours^ &c. G. Hi W.
Ifn UaBAir, LtCi Jan> 18a
I HATE a copy of** Bpigrammatutn
JcNmnis Owen Cambro - Brittadi,
Ozonimisii*^ Bditio Postrema. Lugd.
Bat. Ex Officina EliseYiriana^ Anno
ld98," 12mo.
The number of Epigraitis in this
urork^ whi<ih is diviaed into teveral
i>ooks« amounts to more than sixteen
hundred i some of which haye much
of the true epigrammatic paint about
tbem ; others, as may well be ex^
pected from their number^ little be*
aides the forced cpnceit of the time.
The Latinity, as far as i am qualified
to form a Judgraerit, is good i at any
rpi
Mr. Urbai9, Jait. 19.
HB following account of a cu^
rious Volume on Cookery, may
be arousing to some of your Readers.
"The Accomplisht Cook, oir the Art
atid Mysterv of Cookery. Wherein the
Whole Art 18 revealed in a more easie
and perfect Method than bath been pub-
Hsht in any Langua^. Expert artd
ready Wayes for the Dressing of all Sorts
of Flesh, Fowl, and Fish, with variety of
Sauces proper for each of them and
how to raise ail manner of Pastes ; the
best Directions for all sorts of Kick-
shaws I also the tearois of Carvino: and
Sewing. An exact accoutit of all Dishes
for all seasons of the Year, with othfer
A la ttiode Curiosities. The Third Edi-
tion, with large Additions througbouS
the whole Work ; besides two hundred
Figures [on Wood] of several Forms for
all manner of bake't Meats (either
_ ^ ^ Flesh or Fish), as Pyes, Tarts, Custards,
rate, as much so as the quaiotness of Chessecake^, and Florentines, pliced in
some of the subjects will allow. The
hook came to me, with others, from
a deceased reUtioo, a raembrr of the
family of Owen, of Oriel ton in Pern-
Gisrr. Mj^ Jamtar^, i^5.
Tables, aiid diretted to the Pages they
appertain to. Approved by the fifty-
five Years Experience and Industry of
Hobart Mav, in his Atttndance en sere-
rid
54
TTie Jccomplisht Cooky bt/ Robert Mzy. ' [Jan.
rftl Persons of great Honour. London,
printed by J. Winter, for Natb. Brooke,
at the Angel in Cornhill neer the Royal
Exchange, 1671."
To this Tolurae, which contains
nearly 500 pa^es, is prefixed Robert
May's Portrait, with the following
Tef ses :
** What ! wouldst thou view but In tne
All hospitalltie, the race [face
Of those that for the Gusto stand,
Whose tables a whole Ark coroand
Of Nature's plentie, wouldst thbu see
•This sight, peruse May's booke,*tis bee."
And the work is inscribed
*'To the Right Honourable my Lord
Montague, my Lord Lumley, and my
Lord Dormer ; and to the Right Wor-
shipful Sir Kenelme Digby ; so well
knwn to this nation for their admired
'faofipitalities.
** Right Honourable, and Right Wor-
'Shipful,-^He is an alien, a meer stranger
in England that hath not been acquaint-
ed with your generous housekeepings;
.for my own part, my more particular
. t|Fes of service to you, my honouredLords,
have built me up to the height of this
, experience, for which this Book now at
last dares appear to the world: those
times which I attended upon your Ho-
nours were those golden days of peace
and huspitality, when you enjoyed yoyr
own, so as to entertain and relieve others.
" Right Honourable, and Right Wor-
' shipful, — ^^I have not only been an eye-
witness, but interested by my attend-
ance ; ' so as that I may justly acknow-
Jedge those trfumphs and magnificent
; trophies of Cookery that have adorned
your tablefi ; nor can I but confess to
'. the world, except I should be guilty of
the highest ingratitude, that the onely
structure of this my Art and Knowledge,
I owed to your costs, generous and in-
. imitable expences; thus not onely I have
derived my experience, but your Coun-
trey hath reap! the plenty of your hu-
manity and charitable bounties.
** Right Honourable, and Right Wor-
shipful,— Hospitality, which was once a
relique of the gentry, and a known cog-
nizance to all ancient houses, hath lost
, her title through the unhappy and cruel
disturbances of these times, she is now
. reposing of her lately so allarum'd head
on your beds of honour: in the mean
space, that our English World may know
. the liseccnas's and Patrons of this gene-
rous Art, I have exposed this Volume to
the publick, under ,the tuition of voiir
names ; at whose feet 1 prostrate ib&e
endeavours, and shall for ever renjiain
your most humbly devoted servant,
RoBBUT May*.
<< From Sholeby in L^tcestershire; '
Sept. 29, le^."
A Preface addressed *' To the M{^
followed by "A short NarratiVe'of
some l^assages of the Author's Life,"
signed W. W.
Then is given a whimsical attiount
of •• Triumphs and Trophies in Cd&L'
ery, to be used at Festiral Timet, al
Twelfth Day, j^c. accompanied by
two Copied of Terses, signed James
Perry and John Town, on their ^** iOT-
iog Friend, Mr. Robert May, his In-
coniparableBookof Cotfkery." After
** The most exact, or k la Mode Ways
of Carving and Sewing," are giTcn
•'•Bills of'Fire for every Season lO the
Year ; also how to let forth the Meat
' in order for that service ; as it 'Srts
before Hospitality left this Nation/*
Shoiiid this'eororifrunicatioD prote
Acceptable, I may, in my next, sefid
■ yoii some diverting extracts.
Yours, &c. B. W, =
Mr. UanAir, Jan» 5.
^yO man is more ready to ackno^-
^ ledge your conciliating disj^Oii-
tion, or more willing to respect your
award th^n myself; but I must beg
leave to appeal against two obferva-
tioos in your Note on Mr.-Storer's
last letter. The»e, 1 am persuaded,
were p.enned wiih the haste which is
unavoidable in a periodical publi-
cation.
You say, Mr. Urban, that you have
'* no wish to eatol auy one Artist Uh
the prejudice of another." For this
the whole world will give you full
credit. You odd, ** we recommeud
them all to adhere to the. pencil ^ud
the graver, and not to use the |>en,
except ill describing their various
productions." This advice, in itself,
is perfectly good; hut it is not appli-
cable to the case in question. Mr.
Britton, who, 1 believe, once ranked
» The Author of " The School of In8truc|ioi|,forthe Offices of the Mouth," flou-
tished^at the 6am^.time with Mny, He exc^e^ed all his contemporaries in folding
iff napkins. See the prints in his book, which exhibit them under a great variety
of foru;S. This practice continued for many years. It seeOs to have required al-
Nio^r us much time as dressing an il^cgant dinner,
him-
1§15.] J^n-Britton.— AUhallows CfercA, Tower-street 3^5
qnM th^mttf be tender' M depreeiatlfaj^
tq'ifr. Storer in p. $7i and «|^iat'1>«
e<|Uit^^ii4 to ijotlce aipr siifiilar po^
W^f KBJLff , . , ,.. ,j0m. M9^
£ flitll jTi^sf'^, oar diorgn,if*r
ta X Canor, nl^p in iirea^
, iwdtieoiioof l^ejwrJtXt^ytJMiatMft-
iiDWiwilkiodiilWtioB^ cakoIftUdffto iion feU.forUi <\Col^lJ(?QuiI. But
prciJoaice the repatatioa^; Mid depdre- Lp«69i>)» ipcAywiir Ibo Q|i|ir«b.diU|r
citAtdhft klN>lln.*d^lOthel}^ ^k)aW be itf repain.?
dii} ifolf Tenliuee io name. I appml So. saH^^f ^ Al^bUepI*^ HIIP? Vp^
t». -yovK -. caridid - jiidg^iiieat, wbethtir -BarA lU p. 90 & ii>f fOQWr r^l^Mtii Ij^
repairr vfine.- C4Miip)elffl^ aiMi UiP
Obordi opened for. Ditiiie«en^ii;f»^9fi
New Year?.a Hny 1^» I took tA«.i#ff-
Uest .oftporluoUjr: of Tiiitup^. tbe-f pol^
wbiob-Ma.onm Utbioitant*
** jtrcbiteei***' notet op 4be, im-
' ai an A rust, wbateTet h^ may
iMUiflf*, MM^eonfine tbp.Wftof l6
to: liiit ilwwiiiition of -biarowp
•HiribatiidiaiacidA pfd-
\nm ihjiihiiiitt.pnb|ick wem tacj
dkrirorii teii^'^dupoied Ibradmilb
VlHn;tbc^ei«6ie.qBettioiMd( boLdbofO
to leiel:«at-«lliick.andait.pei»eiei»
«h« (to; ytof; toaiiL j£ QoapKnieiitl
ate at:i(Biiit atv' wettaiauiauiicd, «il^
■li ariquitki aahimidte 'Fbiiwascon-
cqnda^t indicates Ihelibetal
bitioh of a fcbolac, or tbe, fordid airj^
^pito df a «ioiibpo]iit«
. '-tSa call the .phrafe,. /which hiii
Jaalk ocearicmed §9 nneh animad-
wantopi- ^ aa twynandcd^eipranioa.^'
4toliMiiI iibiif|'bq(lea«iB.tdtaj».that Motemeatf to bp igne,. (jifLme.YM
pttotyoodabtyre hatindiicedyoa to ]^art L p. .838.) VCielioi^jo giva
jNiac.ib a Tar tnafe favenrabre coiv place.. to a new o9e» in aibv^tlier ^V^
il3|inlwa Cbaa it dewnrej* Itlii^t- racier j. winilowa» n)or;0.M0ipe4i|^tely
•mfcad^tepJacaoiaibeiroverof oaa^vf tbeEaat.oBe» iN^rconiVqcted.} opQiH'*
4toMn|6M9 il was next fnt^9 ia Qieolt ceinotedi. oJA^rraye-sfonos
JtoiiaiBiedleriaifin yonrlfefaaipei broke iin» nod tba wbplie pafeiaeat
Ml^iMlfyit was introdnced^ under a to be ra-fajd/^ ^ ; ; 'i
■efrjfiaf^y'la the reply to If n. Storer, Same Vol. p. Ih p« 8$. ".the AX-
an^ ' €orirdtoi;a^ by an lasiBoatioif » - chitect" ohsecTes* the- cieiiu^ is al*
CBlcolated' to; shew, that all oppost-
tioa to Mr. Britton lyas hopeless.
6ao this, Mr.. Urban, be suffered to
pass with the indulgence which is al-
lowed to an unguarded expression ?
I am neither Author nor Artist;
liut i think it my duly to lend my
hmnble aid in rendering justice to
those wba -are wantonly attacked,
and consequently are eotitled to the
priYti^e of self-defence. Had Mr. B.
not obtruded himself a second time
oa. pnbUc aotice; had. he not cyen
chaUeqged animadversiop ; you. Sir,
would never .have been troubled with
any correspondence of mine— ^ so i/l-
accprdinj^ with the liberal purposes
for which your Magazine Was ip-
tended. ' ' " ' Yours, &c.
An iNfiABiTAirf OF Salisbury.
i^4f We have witboul^ hesitation in-
serted this Letter, .and ha|).e it will put
an end to an unpleasant eQntroversy.<r—
Qur own expression^' writte^^ (euiTente
calampj with the most conciliatory in-
tention, was. far too general, if.it.implied
a wish that Artists would-not vfrite.
They are the CorrespQndei>ts whose. £a-
tourswe anuoualy covet ; and we only re-
ready giving way to a new one ; ,new
string to the lower story i on No^^th
side of Church a n^w door-way," &^»
On application to ih^ Ect. Benry
White for. permission to examine the
edifice, I met with every attention
necessary for that purpose, he send-
ing orders to the inferior officers of
the Church to attend me on the
occasion.
Survey. - — " Cielinjr :" an entice
new one, worked in hjp timber and
stucco ; old ditto, chesnnt, and al-
though, as " specified," wii bout any
truss whatever, it maintained its po-
sition for three ceoturies at least ;—
as for modern cielings, of fir ai|d
stuccQ, every oue knows the date.of
their probable existence ! No dou|>t
various reasons may be adduced, why
the new cieliug is preferable to the
former ; (though the ** Specification"
sets forth, '' the cieling to be I'urmed
in flat compartments, with iqtersect-
ing timbers and mouldings resem-
bling the original,'*) but> it is appre-
hended* in no wiive satisfactory to An-
tiquaties, suppc^sing i*fj an instant
such personages deserving of respect
or coBsidecation> . The distributien
\
56
Repair of AUhallows Churchy Tower- street. (Jan,
of the compartments of the old ciel-
tng with intersectiag mouldings,
boises, &c. ran West and East) the
new dittoywith pointed compartments,
in servile imitation of the modern
fanciful cielin^ of St. Margaret's
Church, Westminster, runs South and
North. ** Muliions and tracery of side
and East windows*' re*con8tructed,
and with attention to the original
work. *' Monuments" remain as be-
fore, but appear to haye been made
up in the mutilated parts with stucco \
if so, the patch- work has been hid by
the new-fashioned white-wash splash-
ing resorted to in inch cases. '* Pave-
ment," " relaid ;" •* brasses," /no
doubt, as before; did not observe
the *' indents" in the old stones as
^inted. ** New supernumerary hol-
low," to string at East end of the ex-
terior rubbed out, and the line ma-
soned somewhat more in unison with
the original, yet existing at West end
of the building. New "door- way.
North side of Church ;" its incongrui-
ties, as objected to by M Architect,''
corrected, particularly in the span-
jdriis of the arch. as the ** l^urk's-caps"
*bave been dfslodged.
'So far the ** Architect's" communi-
cations, " to stimulate the beautifiers
and improvers to entertain a due re-
spect for our antiquities," have not
wholly been without their proper
effect ; and thus one of our National
rem<ite ecclesiastical erections yet
stands with son)e shevr of what it
once was. As for the other '^ re-
pairs," independent of the *' Archi-
tectV observations, they are as
follows t
Tower : new trowelled. South side
and East end new faced. North side
remains untouched. The attached
Vestry at East end (17th century
work) taken down, and a uew Gothic
ditto built tip; that is, a sort of at-
tempt in the Tudor style (decline of
bur antient architectun ), with Point-
ed doorway, windows, buttresses at
the angles, and parapet. It might
have been thouffht, while this Vestry
undertaking was going on, to give a
restoration of the sweeping cornice
* to (he windows East and North, and
' to the parapet of body of the build-
' ing, which, if not battlemented, some"
thing like the Vestry parapet would
hot have been much^out of character.
In the interior, a new Gothic Tudor
jpcreen ;a front of organ gallery; ano-
ther attempt in this way. Witlii«
the Vestry similar atteropti are in ooo*
tinuation, in architraves io door- ways
and windows; a chinaaey-pieGe like-
wise claims observatroa on the aane
score. Modern flat cieliDg ; one of
the doors to this Vestry uewi mal-
lions with perforations ; cannot, howw
ever, recollect one old documeet to
bear out this part of the attempt i it
must therefore be set dovrn as quite a
••hew thought.**
With respect to the pews, or^ao*
case, font, pulpit, and altar-piecot
they are seen even as the WreU'tan
school left them, but new painted,
gilded, and varnished.
Upon quitting this Surrey, it may
be told, that two new stone Tudor
fancied chimney-pieces and stovea
have been introduced ; an objectiona-
ble expedient certainly, for nowever
VDarm a few may feel themselves,
from the near affinity of a roaatlDj^
fire, the greater part of the coogega-
tion must, as heretofore, be content
to suffer C9ld, So much for tho
drawing-room semblance of modem
accommodation. Nor must it be
omitted to set down the award of
praise to those who oppoaed and pre^
vented removing the pulpit into the
centre of the Church, ami placing it
directly before the AUar : another
modern and unaccountable practice,
prevailing in t»o many of our London
places of Divine worship. Let the
opposers to this portion of the *^ re-
pairs," I repeat, let them be praised I
Yours, &c. J. Cartbr.
Architectural Inrovatiov.
No. CC.
Progress of Architecture in Englund
in the Reign of Anne*
Continued from LXXXif^. Part 11, 649.
BUCKINGHAM-HOUSE in contir
nuation. At present, according
to the Duke of Buckingham's descrip-
tion, the '* goodly elms and gay flou-
rishing limes," have submitted to feel
decay ; ** iron palisade,'' changed to
a more modern and simple form^
'f great bason, with statues and water
works," no traces remain*; "terrace,"
done away, entrance is up three small
steps into the hall; ** covered passage
* 'While the famous lead statue yard
was in being, inPiccadilly,(aboutSOyears
back,) many of these statues were there
deposited, particularly that of Neptunt.
froflp
fSffl.] Ak^cArrBCTtntu. Innovation, No. CC. ■ ST
bfrntbakiidatm^-bnaumti'tonl- tAdl««UaU|MmiNlcafi>rTWvor
4MM «ii|niartcd oa IsbIc ^lafM," the inUrigr, hut hitkerta wUhmit at
jIDcd m wok brick-irark, ud nadera fcet i uiil it U aaiontooi that w<
^i«^W*K winfow* ifiCh Gomfwt- tUnc hut an ennH order fronRo;-
.■NMi mc than, inMrtad tiMMB, akj itirff qui brmg tboiiiio nr ra^ <
wnh Mriif, pliBtbt Ac cowtitBliif » iHuiDMt. lodced it it toon tbu'»
^WWiwiidpiiwLiiifiiiiii the wii^to «miiu>Ddiwpp(riatiB<nbu ootIUm
.tka ko«M| "kitcbn vitb >» opaa . Md PrograH ortngMtbAKbif^itDr^
.capok at lop*" not. ilfiUe >t tbi* which it pveMnwd to bo of mibb V^
.Sm. tioBiJ iolMflrt in tbe biit«r| «f oiir
CofiB CuspUl'i alu, w ma ex< Artt, mint U tU* point be '-
^janaHj, ii BOW nwi; the Mioa, with di^trfotadt and rtutd aKoiii .
.tba eieeption of the paliMde, Kreat a eertaia degree with the Eeaeral
^lea, toTerad panagei, the boiFdJag thread (tf the ponait StiD if Ob
B of (be corridwret. terraee, or flight portion «f oar Biujc ihaoU meat tby
^MiteM, aod an additional door- wa^ eye QfthoteaiMl cunpelenttD gnat-
Jo left wiog. Hi* froDl. the pi- agraeiau order for campleliDg tba
Jaitcn at Uia eitremitj of tbe lue aecoMarj Snrr», aod behtnaraU*
_tokea away, ai it tbe terrace t circa- entertaiDod, an iramediate eaaaaam-
Mr ^itaeat to door-way altered to catioa may be entered un, by drreet-
B tnaafDlar ditto i fnlooiu of froit ieg a tia^ for J> Carter, ' our (m
tr wiadowi of priari- frKod and Mcoad bi all AatiquariaB
ta-aod b Ibair pla«e labonn,atNichola|SiqD,aBdBeatleylL
-are raa in conl.aua- Red Lion PaiMge, FMe^SI^«ctt and
of frait and Sumen which will ever ba coanden^ a* tba .
lowiofaltic^oorcqt greate»t honour tbatcaa be' cnobrred
d is Ibcir pl^oe tbp as an hniUble follower of tbe Art*, -
ruo 10 coatiqualioD I fad a ^oat dutiful and toyal iBbject
nildiD|g( only reniBiB 4> Axcbitict.
rf prw^ipaf floor, » i'^
.0C4ipietifanr place Mr. Caa^ii^ . AaifS.
the altk floor, arch^ ■\;-0IJ wiU oblige me by the iotef.
■idet of window*, and I tion of the foiiwWiog ikeicb of
r..n<F. r»mninnn.»_ , Momiiig Pr» (er for jouug people
ofallcl|iaKiandperiiuaaiuii4. Itruil it
will prove acceptablelo jourReaderi.
Youri, &C. B,
totbewiadowfor wing*
ydarn cilia ; to the a^ctiitrftvei of the
wiadowiorballaiidpriDcijialQoortiire
. iidditioH of frieze and cornice. In-
acription in frieze of centre divisioD
painted oat; itatuej on dwarf pila*-
iert and baluitrade taken duwo t the
■ame baa been duue with tbe vaiei oo
corridore*. Pediraenti to dormer
window* of wing* give place to a flat ^^^^^ .^^^
bead J additional door-waj to left pBranls and
wing made out with common *crolli, my fellow-cre
£urDic«, Hct.
Buckingham Vignettei the Doric
archwaj* filled up, in which are in<
aerlod cpniinou pa«Hge dutir-waji,
aod over them iemicircultr windciwa :
Jhe itooe aivbe* obliterated by the
itling np, ai noted atioTe, ~
"Almighty Creator! oh dFign totbcd
th^ bleised iiilluenEe over me tliii daj,
that 1 may know to ahun the paib of
Error, and walk in tbe wayorRlghteouc
nesa and Tniih. Jaipreaa me with an
humble aeiiie of duty to my bunoured
■ i-ard*
And, i
. Ihini
nuite goodneaa, O Lord, grtat that ttiit
be a day of bappinns and rejuiein^
amongst the Creal area of thy Bounlj ; lo
shall all Mankind joyfully unite in one
Cburu; oC Praise to (he Eternal God of
windul
I"
a hi* Gra
cDpjing their jilacea.
D the preceding Number
IB>ld
Campbell'* deic rip lion I of thii noble
home, a* it appeared when ftniihed,
. citernally and internallj ( and in the
preaent Number it* modernized ex-
ternal atate at thi* day i it ia with ex-
treme concern we are compelled to
obfCfie, that thi* iurve^ muat be left
mpkte, aierery meaoi^bavc baea niiifdj uf other
Mr. UnBlH, ^aa. S.
THE imposture of Johanna South-
colt baling ceaied by her death,
happy would it be if the World would
grow niie by experience. Prophet*
and Prophelemei indeed may be ex-
pected to ariie so long aa inianity,
delusion, or deaign tias an influenco
(luthe mind of the posiessorof such
ihappy principles ) but that th«
«huDld be >o in flu-
ancedf
3S Impostures 0/ Johanna Southcott and ifrs. Bucban. [Jan,
€Oced> and become partakers of every
wild error that the wildest imagiha-
tioQ caoi body forth, surpasses any
conception of sober reasou or sound
understanding. We are told that the
followers of this unhappy Wonoan
have not been confined to the very
lowest rank of society, but that sunie,
even of superior education, have been
deluded by her. Let this humble our
pride when we desire to be "wise
above what is written s" and let it, at
the same time, induce us to distrust
bur own judgment before we give
way to dayg.crous doubts. There is a
true and a right way set before us,
by which we may "try the Spirits
wnether they be of God «*' we must
ifiarch the Scriptures, not for hidden
ineaDings, but. for that which lies
j|j^r the surface, for that bread which
a/Tmay eat, for that living water
which will give refreshment to alL
Though a friend to toleration in
its purest sense, it was pain and grief
to roe to sit on a Binch of Magis-
trates when a License was, ex officio^
granted to a Teacher of Johanna's
doctriofs. The man acknowledged
his conviction of their truth, though
not publiclj interrogated on the sub-
ject, and that he had a small Congre-
fation of Hearers scattered up and
own in the Country. The want of
power to investigate principles on
such occasions, by certificate of cha-
racter, &c. is certainly a proof of the
Sood that might have arisen, even to
lissenters themselves, from that par-
ticular clause in Lord Sidmouth's ce-
lebrated Bill. In such a case as the
present the Legislature was imposing
a hardship on the Magistrate, by en«
joining him to license the teaching of
not only absurd but impious doctrines.
I have a local reason, Mr. Urban,
for troubling you with this letter.
About thirty years ago a female from
Scotland, of the name of Buchan,
came into the part of the county
where I reside, and from whence I
write, and eifdcavoured to make pro-
selytes ^o her opinion. Like Mrs.
Southcott, she pretended to inspira-
tion, and interpreted mysterious pas-
sages of Scripture to her own pur-
poses. In one instance, at least, she
was too successful. A respectable
farmer, living on his own estate, H^as
induced to sell it, and, with his ^ife,
who wtts equally deluded, and a uu-
meronafamily, attended the pretended
prophfteM to her native land. Id this
expedition, it may be imagined, hia
possessions were soon dissipated. Here
It was ihat sfte predicted that the laft
day would arrive at a time which she
mentioned; and her followers were
Collected together in an upncr cham-
ber in awti|1 expectation orits arrival.
This persolji informed the writer, thaft
when he saw from the window the
sun rising above the horizon io all its
splendour, he began to have saspt-
cions. I do not recolLct by what art
she reconcih'd her disciples to thisdit-
appointiiieut; but the person above-
mentioned, aft^r some difficulty, dis-
entangled himself from this connexion
and returned home. Soon after this
time MrH. Buchan died; but not till
she had predicted her resurrection to
life, like Mrit. Southcott, in three days.
A second disap|)ointment closed tne
scene of delusion.
Not many years after this period
Mrs. Southcott came into this neigh-
bourhood, on a mission similar to
that of Mrs. Buchan. The person
whose story I am telling, not per-
fectly cured of all delusions, travelled
round the neighbourhood as a self-
taught Teacher. In one of his visits
at an obscure village in Yorkshire he
accidentally met with Mrs.Sonthcott.
At the first interview she acquainted
him that she was the Woman predicted
in the Revelations. He informed her
that he had seen another IVoman
foretold in the Revelations ; and wish-
ed her to explain the difficulty. Her
interpretation began and ended in a
most severe invective and abuse*
I have never seen any written Ac-
count of Mrs, Buchan, and should be
glad if any of your numerous Corre-
spondents could throw any farther
light upon her history. I am aware
how worthless such characters are,
and how greatly to be despised ; bnt
it is absolutely necessary to undeceive
the ignorant on such subjects as the
present. It will hardly be believed
that io an enlightened age such oc-
currences could take place ; but as
they have taken place, it is the duty
of every good member of society, not
only to recommend hut to profess that
religion in truth and parity which
we derive from the most unpolluted
source. '* Take heed that no man
deceive you ; for many shall come in
my name, saying, I am Christ ; and
shall deceive many : — all these things
must come to pass, but the end is not
yet." Ci caicti Dumtii,
^ TimMr, hi Bnnpe ' uid AtSta ty
/'■IiEmtiiW: HhutntBd wilh Eifpt-
vhigi Df Antiquitin, Sotaery, nnd Cm-
tUBiF,{roiaD»wingi taken on the spot."
. The Second Volume of Mr.Soutbef's
Hiiton oF Brazil.
" A Hittory of the War in Spain and
Portagtl, tma tbe Year 1807 to 1814.
Bj General Sasrazin."
" Memoin bt tHi Trench Campaigns
in Spain, of I'Stffi, ia09, aodlBlO. By
■ M. Roc^CA, Officer of Huzxars."
*■ A'Jimnial of aTaur (htough some
pant of Pfa.nce, Switzerland, Saiuy, Ger-
■nui;, and Belg:iiim, during the Summer
-and Aatunin of tai4. 8; the Hon.
RtCBUD B«yLE BSrnard, M.P."
*' Oblersattons made during a tecent
' visit tu Paril ; containing a particular
account of that City, its buildings,
•musementi, oiannerg, Ac. By Samuel
SwrTB, Eaq. of tbe Inner Temple." 8vu.
•' An Histuncai Survey of the Charac-
ter of Napoleon BuoI^aparte, drann
ftom hi> own Word! and Actions. By
tbe Author of tbe ' Secret MeiOoirs'."
*■ Memoin of Thirty Yeart of theLJfe
ofAe iaie Rmprei! Jotepblne."
" Hwia, or the Hollanders. By Lol'is
BUOMAPARTB," 3 voU.
A corrccied edition of Dr. Williams's
«<AbridgeaientorOweNuniheHetiie>v9."
. '.' ASuiiplement to tbe Memoirs of the
Life, Vritiogi, Discourses, and Prates-
tional Wmkt of Sir Joshua Kevnolds,
Uy Jambs Northcotb, Esq.'' 4to,
offsuitii'L^in.MtwIdered. %Euu-
bbtH' AraLnVH, lata Goremeu in &
lEamilyeftheEarlofleranandUdtlUe.^
Tba "Third, being the concluding Part
of " A Poetical History of England,"
written eipreesly for young Pereona, and
designed lo afford facility and interest
to the study of History.
A Second Vaiume of Mr. T. MoRELL's
" Studies in History; conl^ning tbe
History of Rome from its earliest Ke-
cords to the death of Constantine."
fFotkipriparingftr PubUcatim:
•• A Translation of the Psalms of Da-
vid, wiih NuiBS, By Samuel Horblst,
LL.D. F. R. S. F. A. S. laie Lord Bishop
of St. Asapb." 3 vols. 8vo.
" Sermons on Ancient Prophecies o(
the Messiali, dispersed among Ae Heath-
ens. Also, Four Diicourses on the Na-
ture of tbe Evidence borne to tbe Fact
<>f our Luid's Resurrection. By Sahuil
HoRSiiiy, LLJ). F. R. S. F.A.S. late
Lord Bishop.of M, Asaph." 8vo.
The" French Pr<:acher," avo; by the
Rev. Mr. Cobbin ; cunslstins orvaluable
Discourses, translated from the most
emiiienl Catholic and- Protestant' Di-
vines ; Willi Biographical Notices, &c.
SirWiLLMMUuGDALB's" History and
Antiquities of the County of Warwick,"
is in coHSiderahle progress towards re-
publication, with a very sreat accession
of valuable materials boib of Histoncal
and Local interest.
" A History of the Public Events of
Europe, from CLa Commencement of
40 LiTER^Hy Intelligence.— Index iNDicAtORius. [Jtarf.
ness 6f paper, and high price of prinl^
ingy thefjr shall be uiKlef the necessity
of charging the subscribers twenty^
shillings for each book, which was to
be a large folio volume, printed on fii^
paper, of 110 full sheets, including
also five maps, and 35 elegant engra-
yin^ of the seats, monuments, &c. of
the rJobility and Gentry of that coantvi;
Of this work 500 copies were printed^
and lately a copy was sold in London
forforti/'guineas,
LUCIEN BUOKAPARTE, in One ot
the notes affixed to the poem of " Char-^
lemasne," has announced his intention
to puolish a second epic at some future
time, the title of which is to be the
Cirneide, from Cirnos, the Greek AamiiB
of Corsica. The final expulsion of the
Saracens from that Island, with descrip«
tions of the manners of the Islanders,-
forms the subject. This poem, the
author tells us, is intended to bear that
relation to Charlemagne, w&ich tke
Iliad bears to the Odyssey, as it will be
in some manner connected with it;
Isolier, one of the subordinate charao*
ters in Charlemagne, being its hero.
The French have published an Atla*
of their naval discoveries in the South-
ern Ocean. In this- they admit that
the English first discovers the coast df
New Holland from the isles St. Fran-
cois to a point, in which they were met
by the French Captain Baudin j the re-
mainder of the coast, with an exception
of about 50 or dO leagues, they claim
the discovery of.
the French Revolution, to the Restora-
tion of the Boorbens. By John Scqtt."
*• A Geological Itinerary through the
Counties of Warwick, Staflford, and
Deity," 8vo. ^ ^ „ .
" Ai» Historical Account of the Epis-
copal See, and Cathedral Church of Sa-
rum or Salisbury : comprising Biogra-
phical Notices of the Bishops, the His-
tory of the Establishment, from the ear-
liest period j and a Description of the
Monuments. Illustrated with Engra-
vings, from Drawings by Mr. F. Nash.
Compiled from the best authorities, par-
ticularly the Episcopal and Chapter Re-
cords. By W. DODSWORTH.
" Memoirs on European and Asiatic
Turkey, from the MS. Journals of Mo-
dern Travellers in those Countries, edited
by Robert Walpole, A.M. wtth Plates."
\ •« The Paris Spectator; or, L'Hermite
dela Chauss^e-D'Antin. Containing Ob-
servations upon Parisian Manners and
C&stoms at the Commencement of the
Kineteeiith Cenrury. Translated from
the Frei.ch, b> William Jeroan.**
*« Ways ant! MeStns, in lien of the Pro-
perty Tax. By Captain Fairman, Aid-
de-canip and Military Secretary to the
Governor and Commander in Chief of
Caracal). First proposed to, ami ap-
proved by, the late Mr. Perceval ; whh
an Kpicediuin on that Minister.'*
«* Varieties of Life ; or, Conduct and
Conseriuei.oes. A Novel. By the Au-
thor of* sketches of Character,* 3 vols.*'
i'roposals have been circ dated for the
republication of *< Censura Literaria,
containing Titles, Extracts, and Opi-
nions of Old English Books, especially
tho'»e which are Scarce. By Sir EgeRton
BrydgeS, K.J." The articles will.be
classed in Chronological Order, under
their separate heads of Poetry, History,
&c. ; and a general Index will be given.
Mr. James Baldwiw Brown, of the
Inner Temple, author of " An Historical
Account of the Laws enacted against the
Catholics, both in England and Ireland,*'
bas issued Proposals for publishing *' An
Historical Inquiry into the Ancient Ec-
clesiastical Jurisdiction of the Crown ;
from the Period in which Great Britain
formed a Part of the Roman Empire.**
In the Portledge Library, which a
few years ago was purchased by Mr. S.
Woolmer, of Exeter, and which he
has still in his possession, was found a
printed proposal, by four booksellers
of London, for printing ** Sir Hedry
Chauncey's History and Anti<j|uities of
Hertfordshire," dated i6g7 ; in which
they apologize to the Nobility and
^Btry, that ojs accoioit of tb< dear-
Inobx Ikdicatorius.
The Abstract of Pr. Spurzheim'S Lee^
tures 3 Dr. Booker's second Letter con-
cerning H. P. Lewis { Amcus; &e.- &c.
in our next.
We thank L. S. for his tiSeful and aik-
tertaining " Extracts.**
Mr. DoDSwoRTH*s Seal shall be used
in our earliest Miscellaneous Plate.— We
look forward with pleasure to bis forth-
coming History.
The complaint of H. F. against the
Trustees of Bamburgh Castle, comes
more within the province of the Lord
Chancellor than that of a periodical JHib-
Hcation.
Rich M0ND1BN SIS asks, — Whether the
Rev. Thomas Hou>8worth, rector of
North Stoneham, cu. Southampton, (men-
tioned in the notes of the History of
Leicestershire, vol. IV. Part II. p. 857)
is the same who was Dean of Middlebam
in Yorkshire ?
RSVIBW
C « ]
4IEVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.
^" . ^, -, ^ ^ rr "Meek Child of fomw^wboieitilk
■ J^ m^kmMi ^f"^» •5^*«^i«r Stream over such unuanal ndmiM !
^*^?*;» . *'^'*^ r^ tov'd, Royal Lwiy, whom, we, all, eoiifc»
2??'^?'»*^/*'/^''*^^2^f Virtue hi marVd. ev'n moie thaa
Eoflaiid.. B9th» Rev, Sir Herbert wretchedness!
, Cwft, Boft. ^»nvr^^ *y P- J^ I don't deny the sources of your grief;
a9t» J«w. 1B14. jgniirfo, |y. 18. ^^^ i^ a Stranger try to leml refief.
Wn molce to ftod Ihat oor old " Stranger! yet Hai:tweU's • howeiB
-¥¥ ioi much rcii»Dcted friend and ^ ^ *nd alleys know
Tahnbh Corrcspoiidenl(who has been Yp» ^^^^ !f "»J»>« B';tJ»»» Muses so. ^
edwfficicttl cncficy to pursue his lite- . , ^T •. *5 ' ^ *.,J^^*
iw Miiuvivwi. **"*«* r ^u^.^i, And made it, if more sad, still more iw-
nnf labours, tfie present elegant There Thomson : proved bow each kind
tnSiif e of coatolation to an august ^^^ ^jj^ ^ ^^^^ .„, ^
Pecmiige, IS introduced by the fol- Theworld with charms that balanc'dllfc'^
lowiif shorty but loyal Address. ThereRogers Uughtyourtender soultosoe
n^n. nu 9.^^ »Sir&M«<t #A« Princk The Pleasures, sadty sweet, of Memoiy;
^^^k.^J^^£^ Which^«,metime.,ina.isionanrtra«ea,
« .y, t/"i««^»»y«Hw»» »/ Humed your raptthoughU back to youi
TT^^ y, ^Lr 7r^„r^"^ -^ Hurried your rapt thoughU back to your
Gnat Britain amd Ireland. j^^.^ p^^e.
•■Ilty it please your Royal Highness « yoa 're, now, come baek to youv
to aseept these lines, as a small mark lov'd Countr? ; brought
of gndtode for the favoon' conferred By God himself, and not in aiiy thought.
hgr vow Royal Highness, through a k>ng Much^ixiur'd Victim ! may, on thU blest
atMS- of yearn, upon Lady Croft, and jay^
■poo. Sir, your Rc^al Htghncss's most Oblivion's waters wash all tears awi^ I >
fi^ul and most ^^^^^^^^^^ « But that 1 know forgiveness U th*.
vaotr HBaBBRT uaoPT. ^j^ [family I
FI■li^S0Mayl814; the day of Which to their France binds all yoor
tbd signature of your Royal i*a speak of the fond words Religion lent'
Highnesses European Peace.** Xo France's Martyr, in his testament.
, . Ije cbarg'd the Seventeenth Lewis to
The Poem not having as yet been « forgive,
published in this country, our Readers if they should let the Royal Infant live;
will not be displeased 4)y a perusal Ifheshouldeverbecondemn'atodraia
of the introductory linew : The cup of human misery, and reign$.''^'
* "1 delated the printing of these verses, expecting from England a drawing of-~
Hartwell, which I meant to have used as a frofitispiuce. The present trifle might,
so, have been more worthy the beautiful characters of Mr. P. Didot; well calcu-
lated, spite of the justice he always renders others^ to succeed to the reputation
of the late Bodonip as type-founder and as printer. I know that these useful ta-
IjCnts are hereditary in this honourable family, and how justly celebrated the
younger brother, Mr. Firmin Didot, is ; for I possess his elegfant octavo editions of
Juvenal and Persius, in the preface to the latter of Mrhich his learned Editor
thanks me for my tittle aid. But Mr. Firmin Didot's modesty would be shocked
to see his name placed before that of his illustrious elder brother, to whose various
talents France and Europe owe the famous folio editions of Virgil, Horace, Racine,
and La Fontaine. Mr. P. Didot is, now, preparing a similar fulio edition of Boi<-
leaa ; and is continuing his two most beautiful and correct collections of French
Classics, one in octavo, for male readers, and a different one, in a smaller
size, for ladies. These two patriotic collections were begun and carried on with
iincommon courage, when the Corsican's tyranny had dried up every possible source
of commerce. Since the Restoration, the female collection is taken under her
Royid patronage by the Princess to whom these verses are addressed*"
•f '<The j^iglU'Thoughts of Young, whose Ufe my friend Johnson permitted me
to write, among bis lAves oftiie JSngHsh Poets, almost forty years ago.'*
X ** The SeMtmt, one of the favourite books of the unfortunate."
' § *' I sp^ak as a man, and not as an Englishman, when 1 say that France has'
pbCgations to Lewis the XVlII^h for consenting to re^gn^ and to quit Hartwell for
*GnT. Mao. /aTiuai^y, '18lb« ' the'
<5
42
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[Jaik
After many approprii^e compti-
ments fo the weeping Frincass, Sir
Herbel't Croft tbiu apoi trophizei :
"Oh! Fraace»b<bappy! This sincere
request [nest brenst :
Gomes from an Englishman's frank, ho-
▲II England, now no more a rival state.
Wishes to sec France happy, free, and
great.
*' France, England \ what! i| one, then,
doom'd to be
The other Countiy's constant Eneqiy,
Only because kind Nature blessings
sheds, [heads ?
Kept back from others, oA both people's
Only because all other Nations try,
fn vain, with our two favour* d ones to
vie ?
Both enried Nations! yes, we both pos-
sess (ness ;
"What would increase each other's happi-
Whak would improve, in spite of cither's
pride.
The public character, on either side.
When do we see ev'n savages tuppoip,
Biscause they 're neighbours, that they
must be foes ?
<*No, no! each wave that flows be-
tween our states
Our Sister Nations joins, not separates :
Each fisherman's^ tir'd, late-returning
oar, [to shore:
When all is still, half sounds from shore
The maid, on Shakespeare's moonlight
cliff, whose heart [depart,
Thinks where she saw her truelovc sad
Half sees a fond French sailor, .joyful,
reach [beach.
His long-left home, and leap upon the
*^ In how few minutes, Blanchard's
air-hung boat, [high, to float ?
Tween the two countries ceas'd, on
Twice sixty minutes wafted Lewis over.
To happy Calais, from delighted Dover ;
While Calais, as it shook with loyal joy,
Seem'd to hear Dover join in Vive le
Roi !"
The Rererend Baronet hat tub-
joined seTeral excellent notes i some
of which accompany our extracts,
'^ I will finish these notes," h^, im,
'< with a quotation that will be seen wIUi
pleasure, I hope, by all French and Eng-
lish readers of verses, the second olject
of which is to contribute to do away all
mean ^nmitv between the two greatest
nations in Europe. 1 would be the first
to blush for my own Nation, if it desan^>
ed the reproach from which it is so ho-
nourably and so completely cleared bjr
this testimony of the gallant Comt^ de
St. Morys. My noble friend, one of the
officers of his restored King's guard,
finishes, with this philanthropic pas-
sage, his little work which was printed
and published April 9, 1814, which pro-
duced a great effect, and of which the
title alone (Reflexions d'un sujet de.
Louis Xf^III.J did the highest credit
to his courage, his loyalty, and his gopd
sense, at such a moment. Ten days
before it appeared, not to say almost at
the very moment, Buonaparte was still
the tyrant of France and of Europe.
*' Dates are of importance, when so
many honest subjects of Lewis thft
XVllIth cannot help using the language
of the indignant Alceste :
' H^, madame, Von loue aujourd'hui tont
le monde [fiofide.
£t le sit^ele par Ikn'a rien qu'on aa con-
Tout est d'un grand m^rite ^gal^mant
dou^ : [lou4 :
Ce n'est plus un honneur (}ue de se voir
D'^luges on regorge; ^ la t^te on lea
jette ; [la gaaette.*
Et mon valet'de-chambre est mia 4a4S
Le Misanthrope, Acte III. Sc^ne VIL
** Note relative h §e quej*ai dU plus lunii
sur la reconnaissance due au Prinm
Hdpreni (f Angleterre ei au Parlemeni
Britannique.
** Buonaparte avait constamment diri»
g^, contre les gouveriiemens avec lesqueb
tlie Louvre. Montaigne quotes the saying of an antlent King : * That any mao»
-ifho knew the weight of a sceptre, would not pick one up, if it lay before hi*
leet.' Every French reader's heart will be touched by the fiVst words of the foV*
lowing extract from the most sublime will and testament of Lewis the X.VIth : mJI
tiise heads will subscribe to the good sense and usefal truths of the conclusipii:
^ Je recommandc bien vivement k mes enfans, apris ce qu'ils doiv^nt \ Diem
qui doit marcher avant tout, de rester toujours uais eutre eux, soumis et ob^ssajM
% leur m^re, ct reconnaiasans de tous les soins et les puines qu'elle se donne poiir
^x ; et en memoire de moi, je les prie de regarder ma scsur corome une sec<Hl4e
iiaire. Je recoromanUe ^ mon fils, s*il avait h malheur de d^vfnir roi, de scfnf^
qa'il se 4oit tout entier au bo^iheur de tous ses ooncitoyeus ; qu'il doit oublif r tojiite
balne et resstntlment, et notpm^ment tout ce qui a rapport aux m^beun et atfa
chad^rlnsque j'^prouve; qu'il ne peut faire le bonheur du. peuple qu'eQ T^gfk^n^
anivant lesloUi iqais en rodme temps qu'un roi ne pent les faire respecter ft. fi^ra
|jp blan qi^ i^t dans son ccaur qu'aotant qu'il a I'autorit^ qdeessalre, et qu'awDMr
i^MPtt 4tant li^ dans ses optotloiis, et o'lnsplraot aoifit dt respeq^ il est Plua
nuitible qu'utile.' "
41
ponrrait m'induire & vanter la f;iniea-
(lt£ d'une na(ii<n k laquelle je devraii
TCprocher la niort tie mon p^re et de
pliuieura de meg niuis; mals je n'ai
ODHOu de la pare de la nation Anglaise
ffoe KS bieutaiu rip^l^i eiivers ities
conciCayeDs.
" Dc ce qu'k iliversea fpcxiues 4e I'hJB-
ttire, let Ahglais ont €<i nos eniiemiS
iM plus dangereux, 11 ne s'eiisuic p^s
Fna^w*, dans un tempa oil les id^eS
kiUralei n'dtaieut pu aussi dominaiite;
qu'l prjient, il n'en ett pas luoim vrai
^M Lord Welliagtun offre un dei plu9
beaux MMcUrei da I'histoire modernc,
■t qut la poiUTil^ consacrera avec cvux
des Tuiviuie et des Baj-anl.
" De CO que lee Anglais ont iii quel-
<iacfoM oppreueuTi dans leurs colnniei,
il b'*D ett pai iDoins vrai que c'est i.
^x qu'eit. due I'abolition de la traice
d(a fUfnf. Sofia, de c« ({ut dtui t«>
Son aOd KepreieatntiTe of our owa
revered and jujlly belored Sovereign.
" J tun Jlleue Rogale I* Prinn Rigei^
d'Anglnterre.
" Mun Prince, j'ai eu rhonnear d*
vous dottier, cumme une faible marque
de ma profonde lecunnaiiaance, meE vkiv
Anglais adressfe k MADAME, DucbcBM
d'AngoutSniG^ je desire encare que votie
augu^te iioHi paraisse k la tfte de I'oa-
vrage que je public mainlenanl. II n'jl
pour but que I'eipoir d'etre utile; H
Anglais et un mlnisCre du cuUe, d' avoir
pu, isn!i Fet espoir, 4crii« et encort
moins dddier ion livre au Pfince K^eot
iI'An^eleri^,
" Ls sujet de mha ouvrafe me rap^ella
hcureoaement ici lei mots Jout VotA
Altessc Royale se servit dani une lettie
adrfsj^e, il y a plut de onze ans, as Boi
votrepire; muti si justement applaudil
par le pulilie, et qui feront rf flicbir, laiw
doute, dans dea circonstancei at cri-
tiques, lu SouTerain* iMi«tobI& it
fSau
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[JaD»
^ Dans ces temps malheureux, Sire,
disiez-votis, on scrute avec des yeux se-
v^res et jaloux la conduite det Princes.
Personne n'ett, plus que moi, attentif
& ces drapositions.'
^^ Que rhistoire et la post^rit6» qui
scrtitent si bien tous les Princes, disent
du fils fltn4 de Gkorges III. tout ce
qu'ambitionne Votre Attesse Royale,
tout ce que je desire, non seulement
poxir Votre AUesse Royale, inais aussi
pour tous mes compatriotcs et mes sem*
blables ! c'est l^ le vceu le plus sincere
et la pri^re la plus constantc,
** Mon Prince,
•* De votre tr^s fiddle ct tr^s
reconnaissant fterviteur
" Herbert CrofT.
" Paris, SOSepterabre 1814.'
>»
3. yf Statistical Account, or Parochial
Survey o/ Ireland, drawn up from the
Communications of the Clergy, By
William Sbaw Mason, Esq. M. R.
I, A, Remembrancer and Receiver
<ff first Frtdts, and Secretary to the
Board of Public Records. Vol, I. 8vo.
J. Cummin^, and N. Mabon, Dublin;
I^npman & Co. and Nicbols, Son, &
Bentley, London, pp. 684.
A MORE excellent or decidedly
■atUfactory species of Topogra-
phy caDoot be devised than has been
mccoxnplished io the yolume before
vs; but it requires many powerful
and concurring circumstances to en-
able an Author to avail himself of
such assistance as the Clergy and
other residents in particular Parishes
are capable of affording. It is nut
enough that a Topographer shall ob-
tain strong general recommendations,
or that he shall circulate queries
which may almost be answered in the
•tody, and without research : be must
conquer iudolence» overcome indif-
ference, and wait with years of pa-
tience for the labour of a day ; and
If hen he would arrange his materials
in the sequel, there are fifty chasms
to be ffupplicd, and a personal exa-
ninatioQ ii as necessary as when he
began. We should consider ourselves
happy were it in our power to pre-
vail On the Amateurs of County
Hiflory to examine the work before
Vf, and reflect how readily they
might supply the most authentic in-
formation* by imitating the example
of the Irish Clergy, who have thus
COQYinced their countrymen of their
liberali^v &tid their general know-
Jed^ of Ibo ftftte of their res^tire
Parishes. We flatter ouneWes that
the result may be favourable, and
that future Historians of undeseribed
Counties in England will not circu-
late their inquiries in vain.
Mr. Ma!fon most feel an nncora*
mon degree of satisfaction in offer^
ing his Statistical Account of Ireland
to the United Kingdom, as he is exr
enipt from the charges which might
be applied to his work, had be com-
piled it from such information at ho
could collect in hurried visits ; andaf
he may confidently assert that those
best qualified to correct any errors he
might have been led into in this way,
have themselves pledged their names
to its accuracv. Besides, the official
situation he holds gave him an op*
Eortqnity of bringing forward nura-
erless curions facts, which would be
procured with difficulty and much
expence by persons less fortunately
circumstanced : and to these advani-
tages we may add his own abilities,
in making use of his materials, and
giving the whole a connexion highly
worthy of imitation.
As the dedication to the Right Hon*
Robert Peel, is in softie degree ex*
planat(»ry, we insert it at length :
** On laying before you the First Vo»
lume of the Statistical Account of Ire«
land, permit me to take the opporto-
iiity of expressing my grateful acknow*
ledgeinents for the liberal and zealous
encouragement with which you have
honoured mc in the pros'^cutiun of this
work. However sensible I might have
been of the great advantages to be de-
rived from a compilation containing ac-
curate and authentic details of the pre*
sent state of Ireland, I could not but
be equally impressed with a conscious*
ness that such an undertaking was a
task too weighty for the exertions, bow-
ever well intended, of an unassisted in^
dividual.— From this difliculty I bava
been relieved by your kindness; — yoa
saw the utility of such a developement
of the interior of the Country; and you
approved of the mode I had adopted for
its attainment. To find that my views»
on a subject of such importance to the
future welfare of Ireland^ coincided with
those of one who bad 6urvey«dr^t with'
a Statesman's eye, encouraged me to
proceed with ener^cy. Your continued
jiatrunage has facilitated the arrival of
the work at its present state, and af-
fords a prospect of its final accomplish-
ment. If my ardent wishes for ' this
desirable end be crowned with Stteoess»
my gratjfisation will h« eonsidera^y
heightened
1815.] Reoiew rf New Publications. 45
bdgbteaed by the refleetiDn, that tlw .essential characters of accuracy and
•lock <if sateriaU that collected may truth, it was necessary to analyse tW-
bt serviceable in any future arrange- country, and by separating it into its
■eotSy wbic:b you may deem necessary smallest divisums, to place each com«-
-for the prosperity and happiness of this pletely within the scope of a single'in-
part of the British Empire." dividual, so that nothing material could
I • L • r ®**^*P** the eye, excited by common abi-
Takin^ the work in the point of ii,v and exerted by common industry.
iriew noticed in the coocIa*iun of the It was also necessary that, in each of thesa
dadicmtioDy we cannot oniii uur meed sol^-di visions, there should be some
of {Mnute to this culighlened States- person qualified, to a certain degree at
man,- who, in wielding the mighty least, by education, literary habits, and
•rm of Govemroent, directs part of continued residence, to collect, metbo-
iU coeri^y to discover the actual si- diae, and report whatever was worthy
tmdilNi of the Country and that of «f »»ot»<^ »" such district."
its inbabitants^-lhus enabling him- The parochial divisions, and the
•elf asd his colleagues to judge in clergy attached to them, naturally
what way it may be ameliorated, suggested themselves as the IbesI
and how the necessary burdens of means of attaining the ends of th«
the Slate may be imposed with the Author: accordin<>ly, letler« were ad^
least injary to the general proape^ dressed to the latte^ tiiroii^hout Ire-
nQN land, *' soliciting their aniiatance in
We BOW turn on r attention to the ,„ undertaking which, if well coo-
^refhce, which we fhall analyse, to ducted, would heighten the charac-
reDder the account of Ireland as fa^ ter of themselves and of their pro*
niliar to oar readers as this portion fession, by uniting both with the be-
pf the iMiok is intended to make it. neficent objects of the present in-
Mr. MaioB begins by defining the ijuiry." A series of queries, syste-
wofd Staii$tic8 (a term of recent in- naatically arranged, was attached to
Teotioo) to be of that department each lelter ; and the accounts of the
of science which exhibits the state parishes of Thurso in Scotland, an4
of a connlry as it actually exists Aghaboe in Ireland, were inclosed, as
within itself— and not, according to directions or models how to proceed
the German definition, as applying to with their labours. 1 1 gives us plea-
any relation with its neighbours: and sure to add, in Mr. Mason's words,
it IS in the former sense he wishes it »t that the trouble and expences in-
to be applied in his own case. This curred by a correspondence so exten*
science ne considers as unattainable sive and voluminous, have been fully
in any other way than by an accurate repaid by the result;" and our plea-
investigation of every part of a coun- gure is equal in transcribing the hand-
try, to ascertain its resources physi- some compliment paid by the Author
cal and moral. to his fellow labourers:
" Statistics become, therefore, the « The Clergy in every part of Ireland
basis of Political Economy, as they fur- have stepped forward with alacrity and
nish the facts on which that science spirit ; they have felt that, in promoting
is raised: and hence their study be- a scheme for the general improvement
comes an object of primary importance q{ (he country, they were but fulfilling
to the Philosopher and Statesman." an essential part of the duties of their
- » • ^i.- * r tu^ «.^r«^A own profession; they felt, that »t placed
A note in this part of the preface ^^^J^^^ ^ J ^;^^ '^^^^^^
expresses high respect for Sir J. bin- ^.^^^ ^^ ^^^ .^, they were actuated
dair, and quotes a passage from his ^^^^^^ same spirit of enlightened philan-
address to the literary characters ot ^hropy which guided the conduct of the
the Continent, inviting them to illus- Scotch Clergy, respecting whose labours
trate their native places as he bad an able political Author (Malthus) has
done in Scotland : and in proceeding recently declared, that the very valuable
with his text, Mr. Mason again adverts accounts collected in it will ever re-
to the above gentleman, gratefully main an extraordinary monument of the
acknowledging the obligations of the learning, good sense, and genuine infor*
publick at large, and his own, for mation, of the Clergy of Scotland."
aisiftaoce on this occasion, j^ nole at |^ xti. contains a letter
*« To bestow upon this undertaking, from Sic John Newport, hart, which
and the iaformation it contains, the truly characterbet Mr. Ma80Q*f work,
... - though
46 Review of New Publications. [i^.
though offered by Tvay of advice be- present Tolume having beea deiayed
fore the compilation was arrano^ed. — §unie time beyond the intended p«*
The advice is extremely judicious and riod of publication. As to thoM io
proper; and it is much to the honour progress, he trusts that the iiilprOTe*
«f the Compiler, that it has been ment in the practical part of hit ftr«
fcrupulously followed. rangements will secure him from re«
•* I am obliged (says Sir John) by P^*'^*»^° of error."
your communication of the re-priut of " The Statistical Acconnt oflrciwl
the Statistical Account of Thurso, to- v^iH, it is hoped, convey much UlO*
gether with Dr. Ledwich's interesting ful knowledge respecting the iDtdr-
sketch of the parish of Agbaboej as nal state of the country; and tucb
well as for the information that you knowledge, where there if wisdom to
have undertaken the highly useful task apply it, must necessarily lead to
^f becoming the Parochial Historian of national improvement. To the wA
Ireland. It is a duty which I consider fneuds of Ireland, therefore ^to
te calculated to produce the most be- those who wish to establish her pfOf*
neficial consequences to the country jj ^^^ ^^j ^^jj^ basii; ob-
more especially if it be conducted (as I tl-^A: ' .^d exne'rience — the An-
have no doubt it will be by you) with »f '^^"lon ana experience -r toe AO-
eandour and impartial exactness, ex- ^^""^ »«^ "."f^"?'* ^^'» ''tT''*J}V^
duding from its pages every thing ex- candour will give him full credit fof
traneous to its avowed and most valu- ^ succeeded ; the same can-
able obiect, the collection of regular dour will throw a veil of benevolence
itatistical information, pointing the in- over its unintentional, he might al*
^uiiy of public men, intent on public most say, its unavoidable, defects**^
objects, to the great and permanent im- An historical and useful account of
iprovement which may be expected in a the various attempU which have
country where as Mr.Grattan has truly ^een made to accomplish what Mr.
•aid, God has done so much, a«d man ^^^^ j,^, ,^ ,,^ppj,^ .uccceded in,
lo little. appears in a note, p. xv ; and at the
The consequence of the circular conclusion of the Preface the Ao^
letters was an ample supply of mate- thor introduces a Synopsis of Political
rials, the selection and arrangement Economy addressed to him by Walter
of which seemed the only difficulty; Thorn, esq. late of Aberdeen, **whofe
ID discharging this part of his duty, talents,*' Mr. Mason says, ^' were
the Compiler was chiefly influenced they not already known in the litcrar^f!
by priority of communications. Ashe world, could not be exhibited id a
conceived the work would be used more favourable point of view» than
as a book for reference, a facility by a reference to the following aaa-
of developing the information it con- lysis.*'
tained should be considered as a pri- The sections, according to which
many objccl \ and he therefore deter* the account of every parish in the
mined on a division of the subject- volume is arranged, are thuf di»>
tnatter of each return, into a uniform tinguished :
•eries of heads or cliapters. Those <« xhe name of the parish, antient and
accounts which first arrived, after modern ; its situation, extent, and di»
having been thus modified, arc now vision, climate and topographical der
presented to the publick in alpha- gcription. — Mines, minerals, and all
betical order i th« remainder are other natural productions. — - Modern
ready for successive publication, ac- buildings, both public and private, in-
cording to a similar plan. *< In an un- eluding towns, villages, gentlenien's
dertakiug hitherto attempted with- seats, inns, &c. the roads,^ fceneiy,
out success, extensive in its comrau- •"^ superficial appearance of the parish,
llications, and often complicated in -Antient buildings, monastic and cj*.
lt» details, the Author is conscious Jf"***^^ ~"»«' monuments anf »nwnp-
'X ^ \ c \ A ' ^ u- .. tions, or other remains of antiquity.—
that defects and .naccurac.es have p^^,;^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^.^^ „f popJlaU6nr
occurred :— for those which appear the food, fuel, and general appearance r
in the present volume, he appeals for ^^j^ ^f Uyj,,^^ ^nd wealth of the In-
his excuse to the liberalily of the habitants j diseases, and Instances of
gentlemen to whose spirited excr- Iorig6vity.— The genius and dispositiona
tiooa he is- indebted for its ccunple- of the poorier classes ; dieir langtiage',
tioD» The laroe cause will form an manners, and customs, &c«---^The eda*
9p^gj fer the appearance of the cation atid employment of theirchildren,
Bchootfl^
*tiy q/'Paris, and J. A^pin, Prvfetier
of HMory, ifc. Didicated teilk Per-
mittim la Ha- Nugal Higluuiis the
JVinfiM Charlotte D/Walei. PriaUd
Ijr and for 3. Barfield. Imperial falia.
THIS i> a new and much catarged
edition of a valuable work which
fint appeared io ISOT ; and of whicli
tMlh Ibe edition! are particularl;
crediUble to Mr. Birfield, whi: '
gle TolutDe in which so ^^reat a va-
riety of ioforraation can lie found, in
Maltan relative to Geo^raplljr, Chro-
nolt^y, Hiitory, Bud Biography.
Tbe folume contains no 1e» than
Uir Hapi, all neatly coloured ; tbe
whole iUuitrated b^ a copioui 'de-
■ari)iliiHi VBTT beautifully printed on
tip iidm of the Kveral maiu.
milj of Stuart bryb *i» novereigns t*
Eiii:lanil, besides Williani III. who
reigned jointly »vitb Mary. TldrSls,
That William wa* the first in order of
Bucceaoion after tbe children of James II.
Fourlhlg, That from the four natural
children of Charles Tl, are descended
thi.- ei;ht illnstrious families, Buccle ugh,
Delorraine, Richmond. St. Albans, Graf-
ts n, Southampton, Harrington, and
Nuncastte. Ftfthlg, That the direct
line of James 11. is now extinct. Tlie
uiicciluurtrd partofthe map, Iwtween the
families of Stuart and Brunswick, pre-
sents the several familiL-s in the female
line which could claim tbe crown of
England; whence it apiwars, iTrjf, That
the Houses of Saroy, Fraoce, and Spaini ■
were next in order of suuceasion aftef
tbe eiclitiiDn of the male line of Jamea
II., as descendant! from that Piince'i
clster Henrietta, Ducbeta of Orleans.
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I Jao;
Secondly, That those three branches be-
in? excluded as Catholics, the issue of
Elizabeth, sister of Charles I., was next
In order. Tldrdly^ That of ei^ht
branches which issued from Eliza*
beth Stuart, the seven elder wrre ex-
cluded on Hocount of their relig^ion, by
tlie law of. succession. Fourthly y ^Xiat
the House of Brunswick, though last in
order, was the only one, which, bein|y
Protestant, could lawfully ascend the
throne of England. Fifthly, That the
family of Brunswick has given three
Sovereigns to Great Britain. — From a
8in<^l(> inspection of this map (and in-
deed of any of the others) it will be
seen that sevrral important cpiesiions
may be readily answered by the student,
as ff^ko was head of the family of
Ttnlor? What were the rights of Henry
VIF. to the crown? How many Sove-
Teii^ns were there of the family of Tu-
dor ? TVho uas heir apparent after
Queen Elizabeth? fVhat claim had
Lady Jaiie Grey on the crown ? ff^hat
existinf^' families iXiiv'wG their origin from
the House of Tudor? PPJutt was the
right of James I. to the crown? How
'tnavy Sovereigns were there of the fa-
milv <»f Stuart? f^hat riffht had Wil-
liam 111. to the crown after the abdi-
cation of James II.? IVhat exisling
families are descemled from the natu-
ral children of Charles 11. ? TFhat is the
present state of (he family of James II.?
iVhat houses were next in order of suc-
ression alter the posterity of James II. ?
ff^hat families were next after the issue
of the daughter of Charles I.? ffhat
hranches of the posterity of Elizabeth
Stuait were excluded from the succes-
sion to the throne of England ? fFhy
were they so excluded? IVlMt riy^ht
bad the familr of Brunswick to the
crown ? How many Sovereigns have
then: been of that family ? — Many other
quesli<ms might also be put, and an-
swered upon the same principle: as, for
instance, the length of each reign ; the
number of children of each Sovereign ;
and others very easy to be discerned by
an intelligent teacher; and, to repeat
whj^t We have already observed, as facts
preseiiteJ' to the eye make a much
deeper impression on the mind than
Tvhen committed to memory by reading
or report only, it is most certain, that
this mode of learning History, by the
inspection of Maps, will save much
time and labour both to the tutor and
the Rcholar/'
Mr. Barfield, the industrious and
intelligeut printer to the Prince He-
gont, thus proceeds:
*• The great and glorious events
wUiclit in ^sequence of the magha-
nimotis exertion! of the Allied 'Soi^e»
reigns » have recently taken place in
Europe, and which lo immediately pnH.
dttced the emancipation of Holland, an^
the recal of the illustrious House a|
Orange to the government of that coui-r>
try, have induced Mr. Bar6eld, the pub<^
lisher of ' Lavoisne's Atlas,' at a veiy
considerable expence, to print an ad-
ditional genealogical map of that' f»»
mily, in order to render complete tha
genealogy of all the reigning Sovereigns
of the world, and which be presents
gratuitously to those who have so early
and liberally patronized the Work.—
Contents of the additional Map.— Nas-
sau and Ora.nge — Genealogical, liisto->
rical, and Chronological Map of tbi^
Houses of Nassau and Orange, front
the beginning of the Fifth Century to
the present time, including an Hisfo*
rical Account of the Stadtholders front
1559 to the Restoration of William Fre-
derick, Sovereign Prince of the United
Netherlands, and the appoiHtment of
his son, the Prince of Orange, to be
Commander in Chief of the Armies^
1814."
Messrs. Gros and Aspin, Ihe Edi-
tors of this magnificent Yolume, at
wc are informed by an advertise-
ment, leach History according to tho
plan of the Work.
5. L'Angleterre au CommencemetU .du
XIX Steele, Par M. de Levis.
AT the conclusion of a sanguinary
war, which, in duration, has twice
exceeded that of Troy, we are n»-
luraily anxious to learn in what de-
gree of estimation we are held on
the Continent; but more especially
by our neighbours aud rivals the
French.
** Puisse la paix unir les rives de la
France
Aux rives d*Albion fille altidre des'Mmj,
Kapi>ellons par nos vceux cette heureuse
alliance
Qui pent seule calmer les maux de Puni-
vers."
Charlemagne, ou TEglise delivr^.
Canto II.
In the work now before us, M. de
Levis h;i» given a copious account of
the present stale of the Metropolii;
includin*; its Scientific and Literary
InstitutiBmi, with its Architectural
Beaaties, Ecclesiastical and Civil. !■
his Preface, the Author inform* at,
that be visited this country lu hit
early youth, and gaineH a complate
knowledge of our languagei that
early connexions introduced htm into
familiea
ttUj ^ Meokm tf New PubliaUims. 49
InffiMof tiie flntdiftmetioiiuitlie qa'i^ Imir ann^ de terre. En 99t^
PofiHal' woiid« both of tbo MiOMlry tout^ Cbebea'ett snr une pliu petitii
iii QMOtiiloo*. From these circan^ ^belle : les jardins sont moios vastes •!
HaMXt he hat been enabled (he layt) ^ ^^«»«^. «?^n« "^"PPJ^®?,* 5 <*P^»:
|o «btaiii eonecl mfonnalion apoa ^^ *« mOiUii^ qui I'habltent sont
So wious tubjecU diM»Mied in^ ^J^T^ •* *^" '*^- ^^"'**'- ^
woriL t the fiitt Tolame only of which P* ' ,v
if-ae~jet published, and it being The Reqiarki of M. de Lerit seem
bit little known in this country, a to have been made some years since»
few extracts may be nrauslng to oar as he speaks of Ranelagh as a placy
Beiden. of amusement, which has be6n pullel
OvrANT View of iw Mbteopolis. ^«''«* "^'« **>"* ^^«> J**"-
f* Imnqne Ton est parvenu au haut Raiwlagh. -
4i SkmUn-MUf coUine asses ^v^, ** Le Voyageur ^rouvera une lmpr«s-
snjonk d'one Tue magnifique; la Ta- ^^^ tr^s diff6rente en risitant le Rant-
aiiia-parait couverte d' une muldtude high. Celui-ei est bien le plus insipide
d'smharrsfinnn de toute espdce % la U^^ d*aoiusement que Ton ail pu imar
Vaoeheur de leurs voiles contrast^ avec V^^- U censiste dans une immenaa
Faanr des eaux^ & les beaux arbres qui rutonde, dont !e plafond est sotiteau
ombragent ces rives verdoyantes, de- par "« gn>« piHer, autour duquel est
pibient un luxe de v^g^ation inconnu plac^ «« orchestre. Les musiciens,
dkas les climats mpins humides : un niatlVais m^n^triers, jouent ccmtinuella-
grand nombre de maisons de plaisance ™«nt 1© na^"n« *!«> tandis qup la foula
aaxqoelles les Anglois ont donn^ le nom circule dans la salle. Comme la vitessa
Kafien de Villa, et qui, sans «tre d'une de la marcbe est n^cessairement uwi-
aicbitectora aussi ricbe et anssi pure fonne, il en resulte que Ton tottnia
one kms modules, ne iiianquent point souvent dans ce manage pendant une
dtfl^faace, ont ^t^ bAUes dans les situ- heore sans pouvoir joindre tts personncs
sftiooa ks plus £svorahles pour jouir de ^^ "& connoissance qui ne sont qu?k
aa ,b«a« mtsafe, et ooutribuent ^ I'or- quelqnes pas de soi. Ce pr^endu ansua-
nar." (Qiap. 8. p.S7.) ment seroit pour une nation viva et
- - . e i%. ' - V ^^9 *"** espftce de tounnent: et Ja
9feA\nf^ of the immense number n,e persuade que si le Dante Tavolt
« Carriages of all descriptions con- connu, il Tauroit plac^ dans son pur-
stantly met with in all the avenues of gatoire. Les Anglois en jugent aut^e-
London, he says, ment; le Ranelagh leur plait beaucoup;
-* Les Anglois aiment beaucoup Tair, ^^ '*^?°^^ ™^"™^ ripith^te de /o^WwioWr,
eine craignent ni le vent ni le froid ^^P^-^ss^o" emphatique dont on se sert
ae goiit est commun aux deux sexes, et 5°"" designer tout ce qui est ^ la mode
ron voit les femmes ks plus delicates f'^K ^^ ^^^^ monde/' (Chap. 9. p.
s'exposer sans crainte aux intemp^ries ^'^'^ rr o *c
d»une atmosphere humide. II est cer- ^ "* FantheC^.
tain que chez un peuple aussi sujet . *• Le Pantheon est situ^ dans I'int^-
aux vapeurs et aux maux de nerfs (soit "^"^ ^e la ville : c'est ^galement una
que cette incommodit^ tienne au climat rotonde tr^s richement d^cor^e, dans la-
on au mauvaise regime) Texercice en quelle on donne des bals masqu^. Ce
plain air est n^cessaire ^ la sant^. En ffenre de divertissement plait beaucoup
tons^uence, dans les classes aisles, ^ ^^ bonne compagnie de Londres, et
tout le inonde sort et va prendre ce que 1^ ^f^yit prix des billets en exclut presque
fon appelle un miHngf lors m6nie qu'il enti^rement la classe inf^rieure. On ne
fait un ouragan." (Chap. 3. p. 29.) ^V «™ontre point, comme k Paris, sous
„^ „ ^ des dominog simples, dont Tuniformit^
Royal Hospital, Chelsea. peut servir ^ coivrir des intrigues ga-
" 11 est situ^e \ Chelsea le plus oc- lantes. Les Anglois y porreiit commu-
aidental des fauxbourgs de Londres, dans n^ment des habits de caract^re, et s'ef-
belle position sur les bords de la forcent de prendre le langage et les msi-
Tamise, mais qui d^ja ne porte plus de nitres des personnagesqu'ilsr^pr^sentent.
▼aisseaux. L'edifice est vaste et regu- Ce qu'il y a de singulier, c'est que les
Her saus ^tre d'une architecture re- jburnalistes rendent compte de cea r^
marauahle. 11 est cependant Touvrage unions comme d'une pidce nopvelle.
daChev. Wren; mais en comparant cet Dds le lendemain, les papiers publics
dtablissement avec celui de Greenwich, apprennent k toute PAngleterre que Lord
on reconnoit ais^ment que les Anglois un tel a tr6s blen jou^ le r61e d'un Ma-
•tSachentplttsd'importancc aleur flotte telot ou d'un Arlequin, et que Lady
Gmit. Mao. t/omiory, 1815. s^ \,
7
so Semew qf New Pubiications. [Jan^
y ■ — i (lis la nomment) a ^^ tr^ his taleatt, with a deepienieof gm»
•iinable sous le cos tame d*une Laiti^re tit ode for his emiaent tervicet.
ou d'urieReligieuse." u Hj^ ^^ Romanam magno turtMUite
Vauxhali* tUBSUltll
« Lc VauxhaU est un jardin public ^istet cques: sternet Poenos, GalUoi^
fiurlarivedroitedelaTamise,^Pextre- rebeUem. vi oc»
mit^ occidentale du Borough. II a ^t^ ^"S- i*^ei»> VI, 857.
imit^ dans toute I'Europe avec les modi- 1 • *•
6cations que les moeuTS et res goAts d^s 5^ j^^ Clarke's Travels, emctuded fim
4iff^rens peuples ont exSg^. A Londres, y^^^ LXXXIV. Part ii. p. 554.
on ne danse pomt au milieu duiaram ; -r./xwx.nxr. n-n *• xl • >. «.
on y a eonstruit un orchestre couvert . ^^^PEY's Pillar* ig the next ob-
et decore avec beaucoup d'^l^gance dans J^ct in Dr. Clarke s TOlume to arrest
le style Oriental ; lorsqu'il est illuming, '*>« attention and curiOMty of the
il produit un eflfet tr^s agr^able.; on y Reader. Thii has of late years bcMi
donne des concerts fort m^diocres, mais Tery much discussed ; and it Is to the
les Anglois ne sont point grands con- persevering diligence and sagacity tlf
noisseurs j d*ailleurs ils viennent au our Countrymen, that it has lieen
Vauxhall pour se promener, et pour y finally ascertained in honour of what
souper, plut6t que pour entendre la mu^ Roman Emperor it was erected.
sique. D'immenses galeries divis^s en There seems to remain bat Terj
niches sont garnies de tables ; et le x^xX\& doubt, that it was to Diode-
nombre des personnes qui y mangent ^j^n to whom this tribute of respect
exc^de quelquefo.s d,x mille. Les mets ^^ j^^ Whether this Prince^.
t.Z.^'tl aTJ^! 'nt^A^fr^^TpMn ^^'^^ *»>» »>eautiful monumeiit to
poulets et des gigots, parOitroient bien . . . . ^'n * x«.
irossiers k des^habitans du midi ac- ^ "-"'f^^; must still remain matter
coutum^s k ue prendre le Eoir que des ©f conjecture. Dr. Clarke, howeirer»
glaces et des sorbets ; en revanche les '^po seems to toke every epporto-
bourgeois de Londres rejetteroient avec "»ty of bringing his critical powers
dedain ces refraichissemens, qu'ils croi- aod acumen into exercise, has pro*
roient ue convenir qu*k des hommes posed for consideration another and
sans vigueur et sans Anergic. Chaque very different name, to be substituted
■ peuple m^prise les coutumes oppos^es for Diocletian { and this is Adrian.
MIX siennes, sans songer que c'est le His arguments, as may be readily
oUmat qui en fait toute la diffi^rence. supposed, are ingenious and specious.
Au reste, cette multitude de lampions xhey occur at pp. 264, et seq.
de couleur suspendus en guirlandes aux ^^g extravagant behaviour of Go*
arbreset aux batimens, ce grand con- „g^ Menou, his rudeness, threats,
cpurs de personnes v6tues avec ^le- ^ foolish challenging of lord
•ance et qui s'amusent paisiblement, „ . 'yvusu v.i»ii«ug«ug v* ^^."*
Stfre un spectacle agr^able et qui reste Hutchmson, wii not fail to excite
daqs la m^moire/* (Chap. 9. p. J99.) *^e reader's contempt and ridicule,
; ^ . . „ ^ at p. 273. The contrast of the con>
In a subsequent chapter M. De d^^t of the Members of the French
Levis says, that we had only one institute, and the liberal forbearance
great Minister smce the Revolution, ^^ indulgence on the part of the
and that minister was Lord Chatham. English, who would on no aceoonl
With respect to his son Mr. Pitt, be ^^^^h the private collections or joufw
considers hira as a raau of lirailed n^jg ^,f individuals, is detailed witb
talents and mistaken views. These much vivacity and interest at p. 27T.
accusations against Mr. Pitt are to ^ ^j^^^^ excellent delineation of the
be proved in another volume. In Catacombs of Necropolis at Alex*
the mean time, as the Gentleman s gn^i^j^ is introduced at p. 286, ac-
Magazine finds its wajf regularly to companied by a very learned discoi.
Paris, it may be requisite to remind ^^^^ ^^ t^ese extraordinary reuumtf
M. de Levis, that the system of po- ^f antiquity.
liticks pursued by Mr. Pitt is con- The part which now succeeds is, in
sidered, by nine-tenths of regenerated ^^^ judgment, the most curio«s/e«.
Europe, as having been the means, tertaining, and interesting of the
under Providence, ot eftectmg the ^h^le ; namely, the Voyage fnm
glorious termination of the late Alexaudria to Cos, and the VisiU to
struggle, ID the prosecution of which the Greek Islands. We cannot Ibr-
lie sacrificed his valuable life; leaving ^^^r relating one fact, moat highly
to his afflicted felloW-countrymen and ^^ °, .. ,. „■', " .. m
to^ £urope, the highest vciicraliou for • Engraved in our vol. LI. p. 17. .
hoaourablq
with « party of 201) arlificers, for ibe
pmposeaf aiaking fiisdne), ajid pre par-
Ingonr particular branch iiF iLe service
lot the ensuing campaign. — Would you
twiieve, that most of our/aicines are •!
tbe most beautiful Myrtle; and that
pmbibl; in a few weeks we shall be
ri>ntlng our cannon in myrtl* batteries
Wfbre Alexandria."
In hi* visiu to the diSereot Isiaudi
of Co«i Rhode*, Liudui, Patraot, Fa-
nw> &e. &c., tbe learned and inge'
■ioti* Traveller had full Ko^e For
~tbe exercise of his lagacitj in tbe
exsmioatioa of ahnust innumerable
fra^euti of antiquitf. Nothing es-
caped bii ligilance i and luanj ob-
KUre facts are elucidated b; his
knowledge. For these matters, and
tbejeij cnriouf incideDts nbich tbey
utoItPi. we must lie latiiGed with re-
ferring tbe Reader generally to p.
S30 «t le^. to 4S4. — AmoDg those
lIuDgl which impreiied ourselves as
INKlKVlarly deserving of attentioa,
an, tbe^Greek imcriptioa at Naxos,
fi^SMt the account of the very rare
■UMCnl Arragoaite, p. 41St &c. &e.
. f^lw MUiur'idwUKSof fiiiuautd
veatigatioD.
The question of L«rd Elgin's mar-
ble* ha* much exercised the public
opinion, as Well of this country as
of Europe. The act of removing
them from their original and pro-
per station ba« been sanctioned bj
the approbatioD of many, and repro-
bated by others in terms of the bit-
terest severity and reproach..
Lord liyrun'f vigorous and keen
anathema against the deed is fresh
in the recollection of all : it seenu
to deserve repetition:
" Cold is the heait,faitGreeee,tbat looks
on thee, [loVd ;
Nor feels as lovers o'er the dust tb«y
Dull is tbe eye that will not weep to see
Thy walls defac'd, thy mouldering
shrines remov'd [hov'd
By British hands, which it hai best b«-
To guard those relics, ne'er to be restor'd .
Curst be the hour when from their Isle
And once again thy hapless boEon gor'J,
And snatch'd thy shriokiog gods to Nor-
tbera climes abhosr'U."
Neither has Dr. Clarke been fp»r<
ine of bii oeaiure» oa this occaiion>^
Tbet*
52 Reoiew of New Publications. [Jan.
There is oae respect in which we also he fortunately made his escape Doob-
muft join in the disapprobation of serired ; for, had be been seen by My of
this Nobleman's conduct. It was his the Turkish guard, he would unquet-
Eublic character and influence as Am- tionably have been put t|> death,
assador from thi<« powerful country A very interesting account of Tbeo*
which afforded him the means of ac- dore, a Catmuck artist, is inserted
complishing his wishes with respect at p. 599. it exhibits, perhaps, the
to these valuable antiquities. They only example of a Russian slave
might, therefore, in some measure, be making his way by force of genias
considered as public property. It alone, to an extraordinary desree of
was reasonable and just that Lord excellence in the Fine Arts. We are
Elgin should be indemnified for the much inclined to accede to Dr.
expenditure of any part of his per- Clarke's opinion on the situation of
aonal property ; but it surely did not the Tomb of Themistoclcs, p. 60S. ''
become him, on their safe arrival The account of Argos is well wriU
bere, to make hard terms with the ten, and will afford every reader
publick, as it were in the character considerable information and enter*
of a mercantile speculation. Avery tainment; and will not be the leti
large sum was offered by the late acceptable, if Mr. Cell's book sbouM
excellent Mr. Perceval, that these at tne same time be at hand. It if
marbles might constitute a Public evident from the Tell-tale, as Dr.
School of Art; but these terms were Clarke calls the Oracular Shrine de-
rejected, and they still continue in scribed at p. 67T, tiiat industry, per-
Lord Elgin's private possession. severance, and sagacity, may still dis*
At p. 532, is a neat Biographical cover and explain a great many more
Sketch, and a very handsome tribute valuable antiquities in this part of
of respect to the memory of Mr. Greece. — The whole of the descrip-
Tweddell, a most ingenious and ac- tion is given with great Tiyacily and
compliflhed young man, who, after effect.
vbitlug Switzerland, Germany, many The last thing we have to notice
parts of Russia, and the Crimea in is the description of the supposed
particular, died at Athens in 1799. caveof IheNemaean lion, p. 711, IS.
A pleasing expectation is held out by In conclusion, we have oni^ to
Dr. Clarke, that som6 portions of Mr. thank the Author for great abond*
Tweddeli's interesting correspondence ance both of instruction and arouse-
inav hereafter be made public. ' ment. We think him occasionally a
At p. 539, the 1'ravellcr talks of little too sanguine, and at intervals
'a sparry carbonate of lime of a somewhat fanciful ; but his conjec-
Uoney colour. Now as the hues of tures, if not always -satisfactory, are
boney vary exceedingly from its age, |;enerally ingenious $ and his reason*
from the climate under which it was mg and arguments, if not always tub*
formed, as well as from other par- stantial, very specious and plausible,
ticulars, it is not quite apparent The plates, we think, are better
what colour is intended. A remark- executed in this than in either of
ably curious Terra Cotta lamp is de- the volumes which preceded; with
scribed at p. 572, which Dr. Clarke the exception perhaps of the gene-
very reasonably supposes to have ral outline of the Author's Route,
be^n one of the InM^ines, or Grata subjoined at the end. On this tb^
Munera, which the friends of a per- line of communication between the
0on deceased used to carry after the different places visited by Dr. Clarke
corpse in the funeral procession.— is not designated with sufficient dit*
Unfortunately it was stolen from the tinctness.
party,and has not arrived in England. A few Errata, which had not e»*
We would willing^ insert, if we caped us, we find corrected by tbe
could afford the space, a most sin- Author himself at the end.
gulsLT but most dangerous adventure
^hich befel the Author at Athens $ see 6* Specimens of the Classic PoetSp frot^k
p.688. In bis accidental wanderings he Homer to Tiyphiodorus : with Biogrw*
•tumbled upon a building, which he phical and Critical Notices. ByC^barlef
vas induced to enter, from the sound ^' ^^^*^"» -r^«<Aor of a Trans^atim
of . voices which be heard from with- </ "«"^- Baldwin. iwOs.Bw^.
In.— -A general shriek soon inform^ THE work before us may be cba-
bin that it wai a woman's bath:— racterizod as a sort of ^ Elegant Ex-
trwt»"
ccw with which Drjden hai adapted
kit ttjle to the putor&l and heroic
of Vireil, the titiric bitteroeii of
Jarenw, uid the lyrical gaielj of
Horace, the attempt ttielf muit be
altowed to bejuitinable: butitmuit
■"' ' "jbejudged bjlhedegreeof
It ntay terre to coonect in one ge-
neral view the riie and decleniioD of
■nlieat poetry, aiwell m it« compa-
imtire ftate at difierent sraa, if we
coDfider the literature of the Greeki
and Romani as forraiDg a cootinu-
ODi (treara, haTiog iti aource in the
ftbuloui age* of Greece, and flow-
fa^ Ihroueh Latium irith undivided
earreat till it ii loit io the ubacurity
«f the Middle Age». For enabling
the Reader thui to connect and cum-
pare the incceuiie periudi of clai-
tical poetry, the plan of the preient
•erie* of writer* i» extremely nell
CcnceiTed: and the work poiictiei a
value quite independent uf ils meretj
literary merit.
U vcHild be ea*j to find the paral-
Theie critiques will be found inter-
esting. We were particnlarty pleiied
with the remark* on Claudian; they
coincide exactly with the judgment
which we bave alwayi maintained,
although contradicted by the notiona
in TOg-ue. The tawdry bombatt c^
thi) poet hai been compared by tha
fulsome Author of the Decline and
Fall of the Roman F.nipire with the
raajesty of Virgil. It ii difficult to
cunceiie any motive that could in-
duce this most uncandid of all Hi»-
toriani to pay so unmerited a com-
pliment, unleis it be a kindred feeling
with all that is Terboae in diction or
monutonous in style.
We cannot, howcTer, in e»er)r tn-
itance, concur with Mr. Elton'i opi>
niona. On the contrary, he aeema to
ui iometime* actuated by a love of
paradox, and adiipoiitioo to literary
■cepticiim. An example of thi*
forcei itaelf on our nstice almost at
the Tery threabold of the first vo-
lume] where the ill-starred father of
epic Wne ■■ treated with the actus-
54
Review ^ New, Fublications,
fomed levity of modern unbelievers.
** Whether," he observes, *' such aa
individual (as Homer) ever existed,
may be a reasonable doubt:" and the
verses vrhich have borne his name
for nearly 3000 years are distributed
among a nvhole troop of wandering
iroubadourSf after bemg cut up into
ballads of convenient length 1
The true genius of Homer is, we
think, ably discriminated by Mr. El-
ton: for, strange to say, after re-
fusing the Bard a being, he immedi-
ately proceeds to analyse his poeti-
pil character. This reminds us of
certain theologians, who deny the
personality of the Devil, and descant
upon his attributes. But it is high
time to say something of the Trans-
lations.
The parts chosen from the Iliad
are those on which Pope has bestowed
the utmost refinement of melodious
and highly ornamented verse : among
these are, the description of Achilles
arming for battle, the watch of the
iTrojans before Troy, which so com-
pletely silences the assertion of Twin-
ng, that Homer had no idea of the
picturesque ; and the parting of Hec-
tor and Andromache. Between Pope
and Mr. Elton no comparison can
be formed with respect to the pecu-
liar merit of a traaslator-^the faith-
lolness of representation : and we are
much mistaken if these passages, re-
garded as English compositions, have
not infinitely the advantage in point
of taste and nature, as rendered by
the latter. In the following short
extract we leave the decision of com-
parative excellence to the judgment
of our readers t
He spoke : and, fondly gairing on her
charms, [arms :
BMtor'd the pleasing burthen to her
Soft on her fragrant breast the babe she
laid, [vey'd :
Hosh'd to repose, and with a smile sur-
The troubled pleasure s*cn obastis*d by
fear,
8ke mingled with the smile a tender tear.
Pope.
So he said, and placed
Tbe babe within his own beloved's arnss
1^ softly laid him on her balmy breast,
Smiling through tears. Elton.
Next to the war of Troy, and the
atchievements of its conquerors, the
ipost popular subject of heroic verse
among the antients was the Expedi-
l^oa of the Argonauts. Of the Ar-
fiMiautic ptMtff tbe aUesl ia tjme i»
I
[Jm.
Onomacritus, the Fseudo « Orpheiu *
This antient epic assumes the air of
a romantic old ballad. It is judid*
•usly imitated in old Englbh Alex-
andrme heroics, the metre of Dray-
ton's Polyolbioo, which produce aa
agreeable variety, and have a verj
characteristical effect. The account
which Orpheus gives of hia mi>
ra<;ulou0 minstrelsy is very prettily
told.
*' Through winding cavities that scoop'd
the rocky cell [vocal shell :
With tone sonorous tbrilPd my sweetly
High Pelion's mountain heads and woody
valleys round, [the sound.
And all his lofty oaks re-murmur'd to
His oaks uprooted rush, and, all turnip
tuous, wave [hollow cave *
Around the darken' d mouth of Chiron^
The rocks re-echo shrill : the beasts of
forest wild [ing trance beguil'd ;
Stand at tbe cavern's mouth in listen •
l)he birds surround the den, and, as in
weary rest, [of the nest.**
They drop their fluttering wings forgetful
Considerable
extracts are iriveo
from Apolloniui, the master of Vir*
gil in the pathetic and deicriptive,
and his superior in epic spirit. Few
descriptions even of the Odyssey ex-
ceed that of the sailing of the Argo,
or that of the interview between Ja-
son and Medea. Mr. Elton has beea
peculiarly successful in his specimens
of this Author. We extract the C6>
lebrated picture of night :
** Night then brought darkness o'er
the earth : at sea [rais'd
The mariners their eyes from shipboard
Fix'd on the star Orion and the Bear :
The traveller and the keeper of the gate
Roek'd with desire ef sleep • and sluia*
her now [wept
Fell heavy on some mother, who bad
Her children in the grave. No bay of
degs.
No noise of tumult stirr'dthe city streets.
All hush*d in stillest darkness. But
sweet sleep
Sooth'd not Medea.'*
Of Valerius Flaccus, the last of the
Argonautics, we shall only say, thai
we rejoice in bis dress of rhynac^
the best vehicle for tame and spirit-
less narrative. Although we aidmit
his freedom from false ornament, we
cannot acquiesce in this translator*t
praises of his genius. As a specimea
of the couplet-translations, we select
a famous simile of Silius Italicus, re-
lative to tbe loldieri of Hannibal* fa-
tigued
poeti oTthe latter agtt, »e *i»uli]
parlicnlarij refer the Reader to the
•plendid description of " the harpoon-
iD|; of the whale" from Oppian, and
to the dealh of the Amazun Tenthe-
lileafrom Quintut Calaber: but we
faaTe no room for further commentj.
par baiis, before an appeal was made to
the swurd; but, whenit wa» diicoveied
that noihin|r could induce the Gallie
ruler to abandon his views, and listaa
10 the dietates of justice and modera-
tion, a combined eSurc in arms was
made, which it was lioped would limit
the resaurcEB of deapotisni, and break
the spell of aggression. It musCi lu>«*
ever, be laroenlcd, that the measures of
the Allies were prematurely hurried into
action, and that neither the sulficienc^
or force, nor the wisdom and energy of
performance, equalled the laudable intea-
tioas of rectitude and freedom. By the
weakness or treachery of an Austiiao
General, a gallant, highly equipped, and
nunii-rous army was suddenly annihU
laled. Confounded by this unexpected
disaster, the Confederates in their lub^
sequent proceedings exhibited nMluQC
bat failure and disgrace.
" While, iu common with every Ea-
ropeaii, the native of Great Britain
lari^ly participates In this calamitous
scene, while he regards with surprtae
and regret the changes made in several
States to gratily the policy of the French
Cltief, he will be peculiarly affected by
the
se Hemew qf New PubKcations. [Jan,
the circumstaneeB immediately relating^ consider past circumstances without
to the achievenaents of bis own country- ference to the time, when they occurred,
meny in the destruction of the Enemy's Let it be recollected that, had it not be«a
Marine. With respect to affairs which for the singular and almost incredible
may be termed domestic, the pariia- extravagance of the able and abandoned
mentaiy transactions will disclose many character, who^ apparently by the ^Uree-
particulars of very considerable mo- tion of Heaven, was induced to make
ment. war against the Elements and Nature,
*< The Debates of both Houses of the when he led the finest army, in science,
Iicgislature have been abridged as much bravery, and devotion to command, that
as it was possible, consistently with a was ever celebrated in the records of an«
due regard to the preservation of their cient or modern history, to perish in the
distinguishing features. An attempt has frozen plains of Russia, and leave their
been made to curtail them without di- bones to bleach in the eager and petrify-
minishing their spirit. How far sue- ing breath of the Polar blast, the fairest
oess has attended the undertaking, the part of the world would, in all prob»i'
reader must determine. The subjects bility, have still groaned under his des-
discussed will invite the consideration of potism. This enterprise sealed his fste.
the reflective part of the community in His star turned pale ; yet, unconscious
uo common degree ; and when it is re- of approaching misfortune* elated bj
memhered that, with this Session of Par- uniform success } confident in his power,
liament, Mr. Pitt closed his splendid with blind rashness, he insolently rushed
career of statistic oratory, the Debates on to destruction; and fell by degrees,
<m that account, independently of the but with great velocity, from the amiui-
weighty affairs which became matter of ing height, which he had hitherto oik
argument, must naturally be deemed to cupied. His colossal power was annihi-
possess more than an usual share of lated. Providence, in pity to mankind,
interest. dashed the fabric ' in pieces, like a poC-
** The concerns of our possessions in ter's vessel.' "
'India are also entitled to no small por- *' Disgraced, degraded, fugitive as Ihe
tion of notice. The causes of the un- was, his fortunes might still, in some
happy dissentions between the Court of measure, have been retrieved at Dre»»
East India Directors and the Marquis den by an honourable ^ace ; and could
Wellesley, connected details of which he have induced his fierce and sulleii
have never yet been laid before the pub- spirit to yield for a time, till the French
lick, at least in any history of the year, conscription, that detestable and tre-
have been unfolded with .impartiality, mendous engine of his public crimes,
and the strictest deference to truth. had recovered from the exhausted state
** The State Papers are unquestion- into which his madness had thrown is,
ably numerous ; but those only have he might possibly again have been the
been given, which are indispensably re- terror of Nations ;. but ' his heart was
quisite to . illustrate the various occur- hardened,' and he still persisted, w^jth
■euces that have been recorded. inadequate means, to hold the tolne
<' From the fame which M. de Ku- haughty front, and to advance nearly
tusoff had latterly acquired, and few the same pretensions, as when he grasp*
names now stand higher in heroic re- ed the bolts of a combination of mi]l>
membrance, the Reader may think that tary experience and numbers. Chased
Commander has .been harshly treated before the storm, which he had courted^
by the Author; but, if the strictures when, as a last frantic effort, he turned
on his conduct have been severe, they to bay his pursuers, an asylum for t|lt
were merited by his behaviour at the former boundless ambition was still opett
battle of Austerlitz. Whatever applause in the throne of a mighty krogidoiii ^
the great soldier in question may have yet, * quem Deus vult perdere priiis de»
since justly acquired, his incapacity in mentat.' He was infatuated, and sptun-
1805 undoubtedly ruined the hopes of the ed the offer with contempt. Then, in
'Allies. He was then certainly not a the language of Homer, Perdition gaped
General, and hardly qualified, in the beneath his feet; deserted by ttie ns^
military sense of the term, to be a par- lignant demon who had constantly priH
Sizan. Experience, however, afterwards tected him, he sank, it is to be boped»
chastened and confirmed his talents, never again to emerge from obscurity,
while it made him an ornament te his '< 'f be Editor has deeply to lament
most honourable profession. the long suspension of the pubDcatfcni'
" It would be extremely unjust, das- of this Volume, which has been
aled and delighted as the people in all sioned by circumstanced beyond his eoi^
the countries of Europe must be with troul. The time, however, has not been
the lucent events on the Continent, to wholly unoccupied. Great progress has
been
mf-1 .Amm 0^^ A«w#««*. )i»?
*Hil«»^itoi«l««i«tPV'aBd.CM»pi- ^liMi«|tll;WtvifM««,md..A.tt
taf« ff.'tibe ^iMit XeluBe, cwiuliiiiic ;|ra kw *Jtiwfif>rt ib* ft^nadoii ft
jgp ftpiiMbe ^ tlw iwtrsfrduiw]' inol' ^octMn fad JKttiic^ CiunwitUM.' b
4iHflk.rK> «MilMMi|t^|ba|w«.wUI K>|»" tlMi^iti«M«di««»n.of tbepoor, pip-
Ja«lM.n|Hnic#rilh«B..|iipnttH; And Dp isQUd, nub^idwd, md nMurad. \
, |MM<llimB>t<>l»«PM»d M (owJm it wqi- Juhot flot, tberabm, 'bei^, I e«D b«tm
Alitikv iwl#ej«owi)t)4>W." 4i««li«i8a tlic •oleino qfHce Jiow ivpcM^l
• _,■__ , upon-me, tbao by dirQctiiic 7oar«««B-
I '** ^"Vr V ..tion to the oUeett ud dt^ ol tke*
' .^^eorp After ^ifCufiiDg the more iniffl»-
Ltrd^k^ diale inbjcct 1^» prppotd, moS
iidiTetl. lome luiMbte vdmunttioDi to hit
irch bac of C'c<^> '''" Bitbop buraanelj' .aSdij
MaAMB MMilml bj adTeraiiu of •'ItnaynMuraltybeeipraMdanthii
■W*toB> 4«KripliMii oppoiinK neb oocuion, tbu I (bouMukeunn notlda
Mini ia etocf poiot but Ihu «f en- oF thoce Icfiiktive cnicbBcnUJ wbloh
,liilT( or tilbor of eavj, to the Ec- li»e Utrlj bean ptnted, wHh n«peet W
dNlMtiesl Qierarchy I we Me ifith the raideiiea of theClern'. And here,
JMCfc wtiafiction the DlsTiilariei of witb a riw to ywM.intepeM •«»d aecority,
'•» Ctnnh, faitbfol to their prufet- ' "o"" o*-*"*. that a peater d^na
riw. u4 dilifrent ID tbeir »o»tioo, <rf«ttent,oni.d«t*tb«ef-.riiaoieMa^
^B^ Ibemtelvet 1o «ixiate»et "guktioM, tb.n m geowU ihay .p.
j.^r^'-!-- »^ m.«I.Ln.iiAi> P"" '" ■'■" reeeiTsd. It baa been my
^gj IfkW rf ™«»""»''«'>- ^rieaTOui-.b,rimiUrletM«,to commit
.l??^rT'^?;*^''^*^^?**'*'"" nic«ato^.t.hetim.ofth«rpa»mF.
'■ ." A- -aboitv 4«fer*al than niual ba* tbii Is ill wbidi I could di> ; but Ibi* ia
tmhrm.§iim. ^Rce .tba laM Vuitation of not enough : The act* Uieniielve* ibonld
I JHoee^ j iMve, however, bueD in- be read and undentood ; fnim what hai
..^jpdto^reqnett ^onratteDdance at cbii taken place in otbar Diocetei yon matt
•afly period, from finding it lo be juur be aware, tbtt there are tboie wbo are
*(isb,aait mustunclnu^tedly iamincitbai sufGcientij' reiidy to avail ibeaiMlves,
Ovrmeetinpinfulureahiiulilliereiiilereil not only of miy culpable ne^lput, but
Mora 'ftequeni, and became triennial, also of any uiiinCeritiuiial umiuiun in
Jlwh tmiebt, 4 believe, alnays does— the Clergy. It miiy appear bard tliat
pirOT'l'J intercourse and commuiiii.v guilt. The i nun unities however which,
AinOi -lMt«e«n the Uiciceipan and bis witb to much cunsiileralion an<j kind'
■Q«g7. Uuti)al inforiDstiuB and iii- neng have lieen twice belden out by the
MOactiori Art thus best cnnveved. Er- LefiBlature, cannot b« eipeeted agaiu.
..^Mianical discipline anil unity are by Olih'-BP, tlim-fore, 1 irust, thai all wbo
.tiw Husie .meanit duly kept up, and i he required it, have availed tbt-inselves ;
|ian« and wishes of the Clergy mure otb: rwise, neiiher t»lent«, nor virtue,
tM'iy made known to each other, norevrn poveriy itself may secure tbem.
Some additional anxiety and truuble, against tlie malice of the informer.
may hence be occasioned to yuursalves, " We have to lament, that in conse-
and to tne ; but tbey will be far out- quence of these bills, a very general but
we>ebed, I tniBt, by the magnitude of erroiieuDs opiniun has |^ne abroad, witti
tbe benefit which must accrue. respect to the residence of the Clergy.
"Setdom indeed cantbreeycarselapse, Wlieu non-residence is talked of, I un-
vitbout many events occurring, to which derstqnd by (hat term, an implicalion of
the eonsideralioii and zeal of the Clergy neglect — the nnn-pcrfo/niance of du-
May «iast uaefully be directed. Their ties — of Jutieawbich could be, and which
. Mntinwnt* and conduct must always ought id be diBchatged, but surely they
hvt ail impurtaut iuUuKiice on the are nnt to be included in ibii censure,
«miuiM and character uf the nfie. In who do all ibey are capable of duins —
^■preaent instance, this period of lime who ih»ni>elvfS co»«anily perfucm tbe
tHlbeen Mioat particularly distin^^ui'hed, sen. ices nf their u»n Churoh, and who
joafpiucb M it has given birth to inrii- resid'- as near to it as Ihry pcniibly can,
^fa* of aupreme importance, nnd which The C\ergy, I must obterve, have b«en
are closely connected with the best in- burdly dealt by, aud'the.lisi ot nuO'iMi-
Jmits of T^gioa. It is iadeed an lera dents uufuFlyawaUeO,.!^ leturniuciueh
8
e?
38
Switw of New PuhlicaH&ns.
XJfkh*
In Ihe 'number. But whatever may be
tbcr (iase in other Dioceses, 1 am happy
and proud to declare, that there are not
many in my own, who can fairly be clas-
sed nnder the description of non-resi-
dents. From the late parochial returns
it appears, that though there are some
who had sinned against the letter of the
law, there were comparatively rery few,
•who were real and virtual oflFenders— ^few
who could be charged with w'lful dere-
Uctiun or neglect. In this Diocese, of
60 great an extent, and of such an im-
mense population, there are not many
incumbents who do not, at least, serve
orte of the. r Churches.
** The total number of benefices, is
592. — Upon these, there are 390 who do
their own duty ; — five only are absent
without licence, or exemption. The
proportion also of those who have liceu-
ces is much diminished. Some absentees
of necessity there always must be, from
age, from indisposition, and various
other causes of just and legal exemption.
But, upon the whole, I am satisfied
there are not many, of whom, in this
particular, there is just ground of com-
plaint. At a time then, when some, in
whom, we should have wished for and ex-
pected kinder fetflings, are so very ready
to malign the Clergy, when they are re-
presented as devoted to trifling amuse-
ments, and crowding every place of pub-
lic resort ; happy am I to b»*ar this testi-
mony to the different Character of my
own Clergy — a testimony due to the
cause of truth, and to them.'*
The excellent Prelale concludes,
«* And now, my Reverend Brethren,
though I have been happy to give praise
where praise is due, yet let not any
thing which has been said, diminish or
relax your efforts, in the due dischari:e
of the mo«it solemn and arduous office
which can be entrusted to man. To
you is committed the care of souls. For
th^m you must one day answer at the
dread tribunal of Almighty God. It is
not therefore enough to be moral, you
must be exemplary. It is not enough to
be blameless, you must let your light
ihine before men. You must endeavour
hy your lives and doctrines, to adorn
the Gospel of God our Saviour, in all
things. You niust strive and labour to
save yourselves — and others.
" The times most imperiously demand
it. We have be«n generally and loudly
accused of lukewarmness-r-of ^upine-
ness-— of neglect. Our enemies are on
tbO' watch, ready to point out, to exag-
gerate, and supply, every omission' —
•xtreme .to mark what is done amiss.
Be Jeealom tbeiii be vigilant. The cause
is ^ertby of your utmoit efforts j vn the
fair character of \t% Minitten depend!
in a great degree the security of the
Church of England, and with it, the
peace and welfare of the State.
'< If such be the alarming responsibi-
lity of the Parochial Minister, with
what accumulated weight must ail these
obligations press. upon those, who are
pl;<ced in the more elevated stations oJT-
the Church. Your experience, therefore,
your counsel, your assistance, are all
required by me ; and truly can I add,
that they have not been found wanting'.
Ill should I de justice to my own feel-
ings, or to you, if I did not acknow-
ledge, in the strongest manner I am able,
that during the whole of my connexion
with you, 1 have received every support
■ and co-operation, which kindness could
administer. These have materially light-
ened the lal)ours of this extensive and
important Diocese; and for these, I now
beg leave to return you my most sin^
cere and most grateful thanks.''
9. An Address^ on the Resurrection of
Christ ; delivered in Bunhill-fieldflT,
H^ednesday, November' 23, 1814, ol the
Interment o/'Thomas Mullett,f«9.JRfer*
cliantf who died, Monday ^ Nov. 14,
1)3 1 4, in the 69th year of his age, B$
John Evans, A, M. Bv©, pp, 28.
rUOM this consolatory Addreif,
written evidently from the heart, aa
ample extract will be. found in our
Obituary of the present month, p. 83.
10. History and Antiquities of the Catke^
dral Churches ^Great Britain, llhto-
trafed with n Series of highly -/husked
Enyxavings^ exhibiting general and
particular f'^sws, Ground Planst and
aU the architectural Features and OT"
s naments in thevmtious Styles ofBttUd^
iftg used in our EcclesiasticcU Edjfieet,
By James Storer. f'ol. I. %vo, Ri-
vingtons, Murray, ^c,
IN our last Volume, p. 541, we
briefly noticed this elegnnt volunoet
and the expectations we entertained
from a slight glance at its contents
have not been disappointed. The
whole Work is to be comprised io
four Volumes, the first of which coo-
tains the Cathedrals of Canterbury,
Chichester, Peterborough, Lincoln,
Oxford, and Winchester ; and of theae,
and their various Parts, not less tbaa
LXIV beautiful Cabinet Plates are
given, all uniformly well engraved ;
and of these XVIU are devoted to
Canterbury. The Volume it not
paged; in order that,'* when the Work
IS completed, the parts in»j be ar*
raoeed ill whatever manner may be
thought
■u^be permitted to speiik of tbe latter,
■ftd Myfratn their persoual kiiuHledgv,
tbU the Pistes exbibil ninrt t'aiihlul
portrutuw:! of tbe differeiil eriitiiea tliaii
any hithenu laid before tbe publiuk."
Turoiog fof a ipecimen of Ihe His-
torical part of llie Work to the Ca-
thedral of Linculo, which has perba|is
becD leis gcnerallj doer 1 he d <Uin
eitber of it* cumpanioiia in thii Vti-
lame, Hr. Storet obierTea,
ruuf of the
"The nun
leilalHl
, Oil
which
', and accOnliiig
:of the
igemu
Mr. Ea^in, is 29^ leet liiiig, Ufii
bruad, 31 ia diaoieler at eauh enil, and .
oa\y t3iii the CBiilre. It* upper surfau* .
is level, its under one ilij^tly cuiicave^t '
it is ctiuipuaed uf many large ilonel, ,
every uiie of nbieb is » keykiune, aiid.,
is w) sensibly elastic, a> to vibmie very
' "ibly when leaped or ttort Upiin,
Hen
It It
in a perfe,
is the passage into the clotslers. Near
tbe Weat cloister Is a shed raised to pre-
serve the RoiDBn pavement lately diaeo-
*ered here ; the North cloister is con-
verted intoalibr^aiidcabinet of anti-
quities, in wtiieb are many very curious
aitirlea, &a knives, swords, urna, &c.
Od the East aide of tbe eloiacers Is tbe
Qd th« Svaib-west aide of the !<:■■ traii-
Hpt^at tbe tavat4>rf„joe^ifling ; curi-
e Uter Ulue a trough, and the
has been built with the design ut prupa—
eating thu auuiid I'iiher tu ur from (.irtat
Tuiii, and II .it, we apprehend, wiibuuc
* ■> Among the luost laudable cbant;t!«
must lie mentioned that oF removing the
mural tablets and paltry monuments
(rum the walls and pillars of tbe Cathe-
dral, placiag them in the aide Cha|iel«,
and repairing the parts which had Iwea
hewn aivay to receive them."
t See ■ judicious and uaefat tilcle
" Historj^ of Ll\^tq\p," printed by A.
Static, in 1810.
delu*
6($
Reoiew 6/ New PMkaHiMf.
[Mtf*
dtluBioM, tbat verjr few well- attested
fa(*ts can be found in the works of its
Chroniclers or Annalists. The revenue
of foreign Ecclesiastics, whose onl3U>u8i-
ness was that uf fabricaiin*^ falsehoods
to delude arid plunder the English, was
then double that of the Crown. The
|>ebple were beggared, and the King so
ditftreitfed by theib, that he was imf elled
to rob the Jews, and afterw arils mur-
der them ! Here aJso we have another
money-making device of Papal rapacity,
the tale of the Jews crucifying a Child in
Lincoln about V156. Prior to this, the
King bad extorted one third of all their
5it>perty, and they had solicited leave to
epart the kingdom, but were refused.
Tfa^ priests, however, determined to
raise money as well as the Sovereign,
contrived tnis project, to manufacture a
l^od, obtained thv dead body of a child,
reported that it had been crucified, called
it Hugh, made it a saint; and the coutri-
butionfr' of the devotees who came to
worship its tomb, was to the See another
valuable' estate, free of all encumbrances,
'and worth many thousands ai year-, A
gold shrine was afterwards erected in the
Cathedral: but whether it was of ham-
. mired or cast gold, the legislators of
antiquaribnism have not yet been able
to determine. The bKtertaste of Messrs.
Tjf%9iis, we doubt not, will consign this,
and many other such questions, to last-
in]^ r^pofte."
On this subject the Editors would
liaye done well had they coufiuited
the very accurate and curious ac-
count oTihif famous Shrine, by Mr.
Gouzh, in the Second Volume of hi«
SepiHchral Monuroentf, p. Ixviii $
where is a plate, engraved from draw-
ings made hf lifr. CTriibia, dn 6^«li&
ing this shrine, in the presiince of Silf
Richai'd 1ta>e the late De>tn, t>V.
Gordon the late PrecentoK, MV»
Gough, and the Writer of this a'rtidlA.
Each* Cathedral has s( proper iodc^]^!'
with a eomplete list of its Bfishoptf*
and Deans, and of the Ahtidts cfi
Priors of such of them as hiid f6r-
raerlv thf>se Ecclesiastical Supbrio/s.
And here, for the present, we diiNlitts
Mr. Storer ; and recommend hiAi arf
a very proper <mndidifle for g^uet^l
approbation.
1 1 . Practical Hints to Youmg Femaiei'
on the Duties of a P^ife, a MotJier^ gnd
a Mistress of a Pawily. By idrs, Tay-
lor. 1 Smo, pp, &£, Taylor and ries-
sey.
THIS is a hook we would wish to '
be in the pjsses^i^Ki of every yoitog
female who is eateriiig upon tbiJ
bnsy scene of life t 'being weH carleiH
l^ted to' promote their true interenltf
b^ the most excellent and fwtifihW
precepts for the regulation of Hii^tf
conduct the Chapter 6t THo&^^kUi
Economy will be foutltf 16 cbtf^dtUf
some useful hinf 8 ; whTch are wilif
equal propriety thrown Out oii oihe/
subjects in the course of the \^urk*
The following migh^ with some ad*
vantage be attended to by newfy-
married pairs :
'* There is one Simple direetiotf ^HAAt^p
if carefully regarded, might lon(^ pr#^
serve the tranquillity of the married htifi
and instjre no inconsiderable jfiortim'i of
connubial happiness: it is, to bewmre
of the first Disyute.*'
^M
REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.
** It is scslrcely possible that persons of tastt> should be given up to low pursuits^
or find their leisure hours hang heavy on them ; for if they do not excel in painting^
poetry, musiok, or any of the liberal sciences, yet they are delightfully empfuyed
in: cultivating them, and have an aversion to vulgar or unprofitable amilsements.*'
Lord KaMeIS.
1. C. Nicholson's complete Preceptor for
the German-Jlttte ; or the Beauties and
Capabilities of the Fluti developed^ in
'a Series of Rules and Instructions for
the nuina^ement ^ 7Vmr, Doubh-
tonguingj Gliding, yibratUm, and
'Other Graees s calculated to affofi'd
great facility in the Pupifs Practice,
and funded entirely on a Neio System :
to which are a'dded a Series ofprogtei'
of some repute as a Flutist. As an
** Author" he will not rank very high,
though certainly far above Wra^g,
a contemporary master, who has
published a booK of in st ructions for
the flute, which has met with a 5ef^
ter reception than it deserved. The
flute is considered more a gentleman's
instrument than any other, not ext
Hve Lessons for one or two FhUet, dd cepling the violoncello and the org«n,
mitufn, together wUh a tompUte Set which are^ so superior to il in their
^ Preludes, Cadinees, Sfc. eompbsed
t^ihe Juihor. pp.19, fol. 10«. 6^.
Jig, C JKic^%j.UiiU i joisai^ mm
miksital effects. If We oonfpare the
different boofktf of inurtriietww^ f^oiH
1815.] Retnop of Ne^ Musicd Publications. 6 1
prized to find so little improvmoefef tioa dftneifrly hx>fliEontal ai possible**
or alteration made io so long a period, fiis instrucfions for blowing are bul
Ai lait we are come to Mr. N&cbol- scaaty. To produce tbe required
•oo^s new system, and the reader is tone of lowest o» ** the lipl should be
probablj desiroo* of some inform»- braced as much as possible, se a* to
tion respecting it. Well then, we form a small apertuii; or opening, the
btfte esamined the bo'ok tbroogh and under lip covering half cf the erobou-
tferough,- tfntf can nowhere 1tu& it bul chn^e or month-hote, and blowinjg
iff the Utie-page. As to ''t^lidirtgaud duWnrwardtf gently' and steadily into
^bratfod,*^ which are novelties to the flfufe. To prochi<^e a soft, meltoir,
lODie plajefs, take the Author's o^^ and round' tone, the lips should not
account of them : *' Gliding is pro- be so much braced as in the iorniar
duced bj sliding the finger/tf noar^/s instance, but rather project, the ori*
gently and gradually from off the fice being formed from- the soft or i»r
bole, instead of tiudtienly lifting it, as nennost part of the lip»y and tire
generally practised; by which the brealh directed obKqnely into the
focceeding note will have the effect flute as before, bill ri^ilch softer.
of being iinperce|itibly led into, or The upper tones ar^ to be p^oductfd
itU0rpotat6a mih itsneitt succeeding from the liptf being well brMSed, add
not^ : for example, suppose the note forming an aperture! not larj^ei* €ha,a
tdhtiif sharp, vrith g natural follo#- the uncovered half of the eitibdfa-
i^, by ^enUy sliding fh6 first fi>ger chure of the fiule, the under ftp prd-
or the ri^ht hand forward from off jecting rather niore tlian tbe u^er
the hole, if will lead by a sweet swell- ,one, and directing Che breath a litlle
ing gradation into the note ot a. The upwards or agaiust the tide of the
aame effect may be produced in va- instrument, inor6 than dorwu Iba cea-
rioaf instances Vith equal delight." ter,'' p. 4. Oil page IJ^, we fiad a
Ob page 41, he directs the performer repetition of the old efrof of otfnst-
to glide ill this manner from t to Ay deringthe major third as equal to five,
m fourth, without due explanation, and the minor aa equal to faitr semi-
Fixation he denotes.thus ,^. ** The tones. Several othet iaaccnraetei in
effcfcC of Tibfatfon \i produced t^o this book, snch as consecutive fifths
ways, first bv i regular sw'ell and and eighths, show want of care in the
ni odd at ion ot the breath, bearing Author, rather than want of Know-
some similitude to a state of exhaust- le(i^e. Every tuneot lessOtt is marked
ion 6^ panting, with a regular de- C. Nicholson : most of them are plea^
crease or diminution of the tone : t.'ie ing, but a judieious selection from
other way, by which the same effect is different composers would be more^
produced, is 5y a tremulous motion interesting.
of the finger immediately over tbe
hole, without coming in contact with 2. His Serene Highness the Prince of
the flute by the same motion, and in Orange's g-rahd Jflurchy dedicated fa
some i**tances with the finger cover- '^'^ ^^*'<^ Patriots of HoUfiml, by b,
ing about one half the hole." p. 2^. Wcbbe,>«. 1*. 6d, Pr«non.
The Author, as this egotist very fre- wE can recommend this march as
quently styles himself, has managed origiual and spirited, if not extremely
to spread an explanation of the finger- pleasing. It consists of one move-
ine; over eleven pages, using horizon- ment, in the major key of c, for the
tal rows of dots to represeut the holes piano-forte. This is not the kind of
oftheflufe. The method of Quantz, composition in wbich Mr. Webbe is
followed by Gunn, we think prefer- ^ost successful, although he may
able. Mr. Nicholson does not men- possibly find it tbe most profitable.
tion flutes with more than six keys,
such as Monzani's, of which we have T. Boosey, 4, Broad Street, agtnt for
formerly given a description. He Breitkopf and U&rt«l of Leipsig, haS
differs from Monzaui in directing the published a catalogue of valuable Ger*
performer to hold the flute in a jiosi- man musick, jnst imported.
* " Den kopf muss man bestaudig gerade, docb ungezwungen, in dit bobe hal-
im : damit der wind im steigen nicht verhindert werde. Die amifi muss man eid
wenig auswaru in die buhe bakcii, duch deu linken mebr als den rechten ; and sia
ja nieht an den leib driU^kfin : damit man niebt gen6thig«t Werde^ d«n kopf nach
4ar rechten seite 2u. schief im halten ; &c. Quantz, p* Z9,
€£LBCT
C 63 ]
SELECT POETRY.
Thbec Sovcsy from " Awcslica, or Tho
Rapt of Peotbus." Bi^ Edwasd Loka
Thoru>w.
I.
l^Angeika fings.'\
f\ Nig^tii^ale, the wood's bett poet, come,
Aod welcome, whom we look for, borne:
The snake oow eoikth in his leafy bower,
Aod The shrill cricket tells tby hour :
Day cannot close his eye without thy song :
Then let thy meltiog note be beard ere
Job? 5
Which shall oa er'ry bank and bushy brake
The glow-worm's silver lamp awake.
Ih
[Angelica nngs.'\
When Jove kiss'd Hebe first,
In bersBiile the Rose was nursM,
But of a pallid hue :
From her golden ewer
She pour'd the nectar pure,
And then it crimson grew :
The Graces daac'd around.
And the biy theMuses madeOiympus sound.
With, O, thrice happy Roie /
Re thou the queen ofjfiotcersp
And lead the summtf Aours,
So long as Zephyr blows,
III.
A Song of the Sea Fairies,
What flowers we have of pallid green,
Tipp'd with pearly hue \
And bowers of lilac too between.
And those of faintisb blue I
There we dance, when floods are high.
And sits the Moon, pale empress, in the sky.
Or we trip o' th' pearly floor,
Where Amphitrite reigos :
And her black tresses we adore.
And hark the merry strains.
From the pipes of silver blown.
Whereby the Sea-Nymphs make her pre-
sence known.
Then, ere Dian dip, we wink.
And of revels dream;
' Ere Aurora touch the brink
With her amber team ;
Happy, thrice happy, then are we,
Who, in Titania's service, live thus free !
THE following Verses, which must be
allowed a considerable degree of feeling
and good taste, are extracted from an ele-
gant publication, of which we gave an ac-
count in our last Volume, p. 466. (** Mo-
Antique.")
Epitaph ok a Mother's Tomb.
'PHE lot of Mortals vainly we deplore ;
The Friend, the Mother, Lydia, is no
more ;
Vanish'd, we know not where, from Na-
.tufe's^ ties, .
Her dull alone beiHuitb.iuiqon8cious lies.
Too conscioas those, whom past endear-
ments urge [dirge.
To raise this sepulchre, and print thia
But pious Grief forbids our praises here.
The partial pen is brib^dwithmaoyatear.
What virtues she possets'd, how great ber
worth, pbnh.
Though others speak, we dare aot biazoii
But say, unbiass'd friend, does not our
love
With tacit eloquence her merit prove ?
IK*es it not tell she had a soul rrfin'd.
That she was generous, candid, cfaeerfnl,
kind?
That strong attachments with her daty
mix'd.
That her complacency affection fix'd ?
With mental gifts improved, with graceful
mien [serene ?—
And mutual love she bless'd our da^
Plainly it does. — Then may the tears we
shed
Prove a kind offering to her spirit fled.
With her past griefs and virtues plead
with fate,
For retribution in an after-state
With friends by mortal Nature doom'd to
die.
In bless'd re-union thro' eternity.
Song sung ai the Anniversary Dinner qf tht.
Philosophical Socibty of Loni^n, qf«
ter the Health of the President (Dr,
' Lettsom) had been drank.
'pHE Ivy is weak, but its tendrils have
twin'd
Round the Oak-tree's maje stical form ;
Its leaf trembles not to the breath of the
wind ;
And its root is unhurt by the storm.
And lasting and fitln is the union we see/
Together (so close is the tie)
The evergreen leaf, and its shelteriwg tree.
Will flourish, and wither, aod die.
And we have an Oak-tree, whose shadow-
ing bongh
Has nurtur'd each promising shoot:
The storm howls around ; but we heed it
not now.
For the earth has fast hold on the root.
The Oak that has shelter'd, yet lives to
defend,
In its seventieth year in its prime.
The beauty and strength which endure to
the end.
Are mellow'd, npt withered, by Time.
And have we no Ivy, whose branches have
twin'd . ^ '
Round our dak-tree's majestical form,
Whose leaf trembles not to the breath of ■
the wind.
Whose root is unhurt by iheitorm ? »
' ' >. •
(I^
Or Iron, ihf pangs ol lU to come.
One cornea— Oh 1 mark his spa'kling eye
He died befort! h<i infaot soul
1 knew bis f-iith, his si.ong eodeaTOHr i
Had ever burnt with nrang desires ;
AnMhei— ;lh! Ihfarhiui sigb,
Hid eTi-r apurn'd at Hcaven'i eoiilroul.
Alas. andi. beloMftireretf
Or c*er qiiench'd iu ucred Qres.
Another treads the ihadony aile.
He died to slu, be died to care.
I knoo him— 't.s my uiiited Sire—
But for a moment fell the rod j
I know bis patient angel sniLle,
Then, ipringiog on the <le«1e>s nir,
Hi> sbephard's voice, biseycoffirej
Spread hig light >lngs,aud -oar'd to God.
Hii ashes rest in yonder urn.
This — the blest tbeme that cheers my
I saw his death, I clos'd bis eye ;
Bright sparks amidst those ashes burn.
The graie a rot my darling's prson ;
Thai death bas taught me bow to die.
The " stone" that cover'd half my joys
Long be our Father's temple ours.
Ii •■ rpll'd away." aod " he is risen."
Woe to the baud by which it falls i
A thousand spirits watcb its lowers,
Thc ViiiAae Chubcu.
Acloudofangelsguardils walls.
(From t/ie same, J
And be Merr shield by us possess'^,—
Lord, reararound thy bless'd abode
Vicar on the Gr«t psge of his edition of
The biitlress of a holy breast.
Hooker'j ■' Eccleiiaslical Polity.")
The rampart of a preseut GodL
Be — herthii sacred ipirii sbed.
Here — may his prophet- mantle fall.
Fain would I All the vacant breach,
Stand where be stood the plague to itgy?
Id bis prophetic spirit preach,
I Aod iu bis hallow'd accents pray.
Tub Hakd.
•pHFl Hand that trie^ these lines to write
VnnerT'd, can scarce a word indite i
For lately it hath grasp'd alone
An urn of monumental stone ;
.Aud eold and cbill ood wiLber'd now, -
-Serves but M cool a feret'd brow.
€4
Sdect Poetrj/, for Jen nary, 1)815.
No Aowers, 4diM ! H kaomi to ativw, -
Save .slips of .rosemary and Tue>
Scatter'd above tbesilf^nt trance,
As erubleiDS of remembrance i*^ ;•»-
Which midoight.deckiiigsof the tomb
Add woe to .woe, 4ind-^loom>to gtoom«
Oh 1 once th/s kuReitest. hand it4ield,
That fondest gaBe.h0d«*«r beheld,
That light ^ishM UW'^, Qr J^eav^ conW
' ble^s,
That<ni«*ds pouW ^We, or .lovew.preM ;
»Ti8cold7!«rtbe.bloo4iit8 v(eins bath ^4»
And it lies peaceful by the ciead !
This Haud shall soon alike rdpo«e»
For.it is cald as winter snows*
Anii «• paler tbao the pate pr^mrosie."
These are the last that it will writ^,
The latest effortis of its might ;-r-
*For him that guides it, grief hath crost,
And.hts life's de?rest tie is lost ;
Oh 1 Sorrow so hath 3haded o'er
Eaqb prospect, that he lofk:* no ^more.
Save to the latest — daikest, — Deaih,-^
To sleep with h^r, who s|^ejpt» beneath.
I/onbeth, J* H. 9»
Oil seeing a most melancholy Object in a
state apparently of helpless Idiotcy in' a
Country Pf^rkhouse, Addressed to a
Friend qf some sarcastic Reviewers*
f\H dreadful state of frail mortality,
Approach, ye proud, ye vicious,
ye vain,
Degraded, t«nk, lost ev»n*to misery.
And dead alike to pleasure, as to pain.
and
€au
object, whose corporea*
iErewhile,.some simplCf vvin^ themff,
In happier days, my Muse bad^iveif^
Tbedaisied mead, the mucmarmits^'Ci^nH
The dawotog of Jdie >8tar of Aeaveo.
Pleased with the memory of days,
Fleeting indeed, bat, ah, boivAweet!
Met bought 1 would recall some lay^
The solace of my lone cetnat.
I mark'd the torrent's dash below.
And deem'd it worthy of my straio,
A moment listed to its flow, [raifi.
Then struck my lyre — and sigVd-^
And, ah ! i cried, the calm is hro^e.
The tranqu il heart no more \9 mine j •
What storm is this, and whepce the stroke?'
Ah, cruel Love ! the storm ,is tbine*
Farawell, ye sylvan scenes ! awhile :
A magic, dearer than your own.
The magic of Bliza's smile,
llecalls her wanderer to the tosra.
Farewell, awhile ! perhaps his pain
Eliza! may thy bosom move ^
Then will his lyre awake again.
And Peace return to dwell with Lov^-f
Liverpool, Sf. C»
this poor
frame.
And mental powers, an equal ruin shar^ ;
Can she claim kindred with those souls of
flame.
The sons of Genius,Heaven's peculiar care?
That form inanimate, those heavy eyes
Depriv'd of ev»ry trace of sense or joy,
CrowpM with immortal beauties soon may
rise,
And taste of bliss unmingled with alloy.
Th* Almighty's will, that sunk so low, may
raise [quire;
This feeble worm to Heaven's angelic
The tongue, now mute, then sing Jehovah's
praise ; [lyr«.
This listless hand, then strike a Seraph's
Subdued each vainer tboiigbt, all selQsb
pride, [stream ;
O'er talenU m'lfapplied, Qpr tears should
TheywoKi may envy what they now deride,
And find too late their lives an empty
dream. A. H.
TQ EI^I^A.
^IRKD of the town, its toil,. and pare,
* I sought, qnseep, the lonely gleq.
In solitnd'e and silence there
To wake the sleeping string agaip.
* ** Tli6Ke'a/naelar>Foaj«^tlMU'a.for >••
4nembraBC«." Bamli;,
S in
SONG,
natiqw, wh«re ihtj ^
those
adore
Marble and cedar, and thair aid implovfy
'Tis not the workmen, nor the ptecjioiit-
wood, [QP^»
But 'tis the worshiper ihat makes tbe
So, cruel Fair, tho' Heaven ha^ giv'n t9lBe
all,
We mortals Virtue, or (can) Beauty ca)l»
'Tis we that give the thunder to your
frowns, [wound^ :
Darts to your eyes, and to oui'selves ^h^
Without our Love, which proudly you de-
ride, {your Pri^e.
Vain were your Beauty, and more vain
All envy'd beings that the world can show.
Still to some meaner thing their, greatnesa
owe.
Subjects make Kings, and .we the nume«
rous train
Of humble Lovers, constitute: thy reign:
Quly this difference Beauty's .realm can
boast.
Where rnosL it favours, it enslaves the most;
And those to whom 'tis .ipost indulgent
found
Are ever in the surest fetters bound*
No tyrant yet but (bee aras everjioowo.
Cruel to them that served tp Wlke him 9.ne:
Valour's a vice, if.uot with Hpopur juto'-d;
Theh Beauty a disease,.w.hep fij^ f^Ji^j^d.
Epitaph on a Draa.
ERE lies a man who (<^ of ' wool
great store.
One day he died himsdf, and djiw' ■#
•nore,
HISTORICAL
aaj account vhalecer, exceed leventj- Crosses who may be Bomiuated and ap-
IVb, excluliTe of the SoTereign ; mlienraf poinlrd for civil tervicea.
there may Ix-a number oot exceeding Sih. Hia Royal HlgbiHSB the Prince
twelve ao oomlnsted and appoinled, in Regent, acling in the .oaifie and on tht
ctnuideration of emineni ECriicei reoilered behalf of his Majesty, is pleaied to da..
Id the Slate by Britiib subjecti m cini ciare and cansiitute thuae wbote namei.
anddiplaniatic emgloymenl). are uiidennentionrd, to be the. Kai|;bti
4th. The aaid Knigbta Grand CrosKrs Crand Croaiej, compoiing the Pint Clan
•hair be aubject to tbe same inlet and of the Moat KaoourabU Mdilary Ordet of
•idiaaiice*, and have, hold, and eiyoy, the BWh.
Qbki. Mm. JaTuiarf, 1»IS. UtitiUirj
66 Interesting Intelligence from the Lou
Military KnigUi Grand CroUMI. Ocirj?*^'*' "
i; The Sorereigu.
2. Hu Royal lllglineti the DukeoCYaik,
acting as Oninil Matter.
3. Admiral Earl of St. Vmcent.
4. (ien. Sir Kobeit Abercromby .
5. Admiral Vitcount Keicli.
6. Admiral Sir Jobn B. Warren, bart.
n. General Sir Aliired Clarke.
S. Admiral Sir John Cotpoji.
9. Oeii<-rdl Lord Hutchinaon.
10. Adm. Sir John Tbomai Duckvoitb.
11. Adiu. ijir Jsmn Saumarez.
- U. General Sir Eyre CooW,
13. Gen. Sir John Prancii Cradock.
U, Ota. Sir David Dundas.
15. Pi«1d Manhal D. of WelliDgbm.K.G.
le. Gen Earl of Ludlow.
17. Vice-adm. Sir ^muel Hood.
]B. Adm. l^ariofNorthe-k.
19. Vice-adm. SirKichaidJ. Stracban.
SO. Vicc-adm. Hon. Sir Alex. Cochnuie.
21. Lieut.-gen. Sir John Stuart,
S3. Vice-adm. »r Richard G. KeMl.
S3. Gen. Sir David Baird.
ii. Gen. Sir George Beckwitk.
25. Licuu-gen. Lord Niddry.
26. 1.ieuL-gen. Sir Brent Spencer.
27. Li«ut.-grn. Sir J'<haC >pe SI '
<2«. Lieut-gen. Lord DerMford.
S9. Lieat.-gen. Lord Ljrnedock.
3Q. Ueut.-gen. Lord Hill.
Ul. LieuL-gen. Sir Samuel ADChmnt;.
3'J. LieuL-gen. Sir £dward Paget.
33. LieuL-gca. Lord Combermare.
■■ii. Adm. Uon. Sir Gtiarge C. Barkdej.
35. Gen. Sir George Nugent.
36. Geiu Sir William Keppel.
31. UeuL-gen, Sir John Doyle, bart.
3S. LieuL.gen. LoidWm. Cav. BentiBck.
39. Lieut..gen. Sir Jamet L»ith,
4U. Lieut.-geu. SirlliomBi Piclon.
41. Lt.'gen.Hon.SirGalbraithLoirryCate. .
45. Lieut.. gen. Loid S^uwarL
43. LieuL-Ken. Hon, Sir Alex. Hope.
44. Lii'iiL-gen, Sir Henry CliatOD.
4J. LiruL-gi^. Pari of Daihouiie.
46. Licul.-geii. Hon, William Slevart.
47. Majoi-gi'n. Sir George Murray.
40. M^JuT-gen Hon. Sir Eds. Pakenhanx,
49 Adm. air William Young.
30. Gen. Hcmlitary Priuce uf Orange.
i]. Adiii. LonI Viscount Hnod.
Si. Adm. Sir RiL-hanl Onflow, bait.
^3. Adm. lion. WiDiam Cnmwdllii.
5i. Ad'n. Lord Maditritk.
Si. Adm. Sir HogerCuilii, bart.
56. Adm. GeoifD Moutagii.
57. LieiiL.gen. EarlofUihridge. '
5S. 1 ieuL-gen. Hoberl Biownrigg.
59. Liei't.'ten. Harry Calvert.
fiO. Lieut..i:an. Kt. Han.Thoni*> Maitland.
61. Lieut.-gen. William Henry Clintoo.
9th. Anil hii Royal HighneK the Princt ,
Regeat is further pleaied to ordain and ds-
«',ar«, thai th* PtincM of the Blood Boyal
»»■
Vice-adm. ElU
■B Esiington.
Herrey.
d NHgle.
IB. V>ce-&dm. Ricbiicd (
19. Vir«.idm. SirOeorge Martin.
50. Vic«-(dn). Sir William iiiilnej' Smrib.
51. LiruL-g«n. Gordon Inummund.
as. Vice-adq. Herbert Sawser,
93. LwDl.-geD. Hon. John AbtrCTOmbr-
SkVice-adm. Hon. Robert Btopford.
25. Vice-idm. Thomsi Koley.
U. Lied t.- gen. RonaJd Craururd Ferguioi).
n. Uevi.-gea. Heavj Ward.
Mu]or-icSn. Dcpit Pack.
Alajiirgen. lArd Rob. Edm, Somerser,
Major- gun. Jnhn Lambert.
M.ijor-gBD Janips Wi I loughby Gordon.
M<:jur-gen. Mauley Power.
.Msj.
I'D. Lord Aylmer.
m. Pultenuy Makolm.
m. ^ir John Gnr«.
D2. Kear-adoi. Hun. Henry Hothani
93. Rear-adiD. Sir Home Popbani.
9A. Rear-adm. Sir Jasiai }4owley, b:
68 Interesting Intelligence from the Loadon Gazettes. £J*i|.
95. Rear-adm. Edward Codringtoo. .
96. Rear-adm. Cbarle* Rowley.
97. Rear-adm. Geor{f:e Burltou,
98. I)(Jajor-gen. Colqahnun Grant.
99. Major-geo. Sir T. Sidney Beckwith.
100. Major-gen. Hoo. R. W. O'Caliagban.
101. Major- gen. John Keane.
]P2. Major-gen. Colin Halkett.
103. Major-gen. Henry Rdwaid Bunbnry.
104. Major-gen. Richard Hussey Vivian.
105. Major-gen. Henry Torrens,
106. Capt. Sir George Eyre, R. N.
107. Capt. Sir Charles Brisbane, R. N.
108. Capt. John Talbot, R. N.
109. Capt. Sir Edward Berry, bart. K.N.
110. Capt. Sir Edward Hamilton, R. N.
11 1. Capt. Edward W. C. R. Owen, R. N.
1 12. Capt. Sir T. M. Hardy, bart. R.N.
1 13. Capt. Sir Jahlcel Brenton, bart. R,N.
1 14. Capt. Sir M. Seymour, bart. R. N.
115. CapL Sir Thomas Lavie, R. N.
116. Capt. Sir P. B. V. Broke, bart. B. N.
117. Capt. Sir William Ho8te,bart, B. N.
118. Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, R.N.
119. Capt. Sir G. R. Collier, bart. R. N.
1-20. Capt. Sir James Lind, R. N.
1 2 1 . Capt. J ames Alexander Gordon, R. N.
132. Capt. Sir Thomas Staines, R. N.
1 23. Capt Sir Edward tucker, R. N.
124- Capt. Sir James Lucas Yeo, R. N.
1 25. Col. J. Elley, royal regt. horse-gds.
126. Col. Charles P. Belsori, Q8th regt.
127. Col.W. H.Delancey, Dep.Q.-M.*geu.
128. Col. Benj. Durban, ^d West India reg.
129. Col.G. Rideont Bingham, 53d ft.
130. Col. Hon. Ch. J. Greville, 38lh ft.
1*31. Col. Hoylet Framingham, royal art
1 .32. Col. Andrew F. Barnard, 95lh ft.
133. Col. William Robe, rpyal art.
134. Col. Henry Watson Ellis, 23d fU
133. Col. John Cameron, 9th ft.
136. Col. Hon. R. Le Poer Trench, 74th ft^
137. Col. Charles Pratr, 5th ft.
1 33. Col. Edward Blakeney, 7th ft.
139. Col. John M 'Clean, 27th ft.
140. Col. R. I). Jackson, Coldstr.-gds.
141. Col. William Douglas, 91 st ft.
142. Col. Colin Campbell, Coldstr.-gds.
143. Col. John Colborne, 52d ft.
144. Col. Sir A. Campbell, Portug. service.
145. Col. Thomas Arbuthnot, 57th ft.
146. Col. Hen. F. Bouverie, Coldstr.-gds.
147. Lieut. -col. Wm. Williams, 13th ft;,
148. Lieul.-col. H. H. Bradford, Istgds.
149. Lieut.-col. Alex. Leiih, 31st ft.
150. Lieut. -col. Hon. R.L.Dundas,rl. staff.
151. Lieut..col.R. Arbuthnot, Coldstr.-gds. guisbed himself.
163. Lieot.-ooL LordF. SoBcraet. is^gdi,
164. Lieut -col, James Wilsop, 48tli h.
165. Lieut -col. Alex. Diduon, royal ^MU
166. Lieut -col. John May, royal art
167. Lieut-col. G. Scovell, late staff ci|t,
168. Lieut-col. Wm- Gomm, Coldstr.-gt^Ai
169. Lieut-col. Ulysses Bui^h, Istgds.
170. Lieut, col. Francis D*Oyley, Istgdf.
171. Lieut.-col. R. Williams, rl. qi^irinef*
172. Lieut.-col. J. Malcolm, rl. mariaef.
173. Lieut -col. James A. Hope, 3d gcU.
174. Lieut-col. Aoguftns Frazer, roy. arl»
175. Lieut-col. Hew D. Ross, royal art
176. Lieut-coL Edm. K. Williams, Slsift^
177. Lieut.-col. Maxwell Grant, 42d fu
178. Lieut-col. Fred. Stovin, ^Sth ft
179. Lieut-col. Jos. Camcross, royal mtU
180. Ljeut-col. Rob. Gardinef, royal wfU
181. Lieut.-col. John Dyer, royal art
Usi of Honorary Knights Commmanders ^
th4 Most Honourable Military Order.
1. Lieut. -gen, Charles Baron Liosio|pee»
2. Lieut.-geb. Count Walmoden.
3. Lieut.*gen. Count Nugent.
4. Major-gen. Sigismund BarooXow*
5. Major -gen. Charles Baron Alten.
6. Major-gen. Henry de Hinuber.
7. Major-gen. Wilbelm de Domberg.
8. Col. Frederick Baron de Arentschildt,
9. Lieut -col. F. A. de Hertzberg.
10. Lieut-col. Julius Hartmann.
16th. The third class of the Most Ho-
nourable Military Order of the Bi|tb shall
be composed of Officers holdtiig Commit*
sions in his Majesty's service by Sea of
Land, who shall be styled Copopanions of
the said Order. They shall not be eo^
titled to the appellation, style, prece^^ooey
or privilege of Knights Bachelors, kut
they shall take place and precedence of all
Esquires of the; United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland.
17th. No Officer shall be nominated %
Companion of the said Most Uooourable
Order, unless he shall have received, or
shall hereafter receive a Medal, or other
Badge of Honour, or shall have been
especially mentioned by name in dia<?
patches published in the London Gaaiette^
09, having dhtiuguished himself l>y bis va»
luur and conduct in action agakast his
Majesty's eutfinies, siuce the commeiuie^
ment of the war in 1803, or sliall here-
after be named in dispatches published im
the London Gazette, as having distin-
153. Lieut-col. Sir Charles Sutton, 23d ft.
153. Lieut.-col. J. Douglas, Portug. serv.
154. Lieut.-col. Hen. Hardinge, 1st gds.
155. Lieut-col. G. H. F. Berkeley, 35lh ft.
156. Lieut-col. J. Dickson, assist q. m. g.
157. Lieut.-col. Sir John M. Doyle,
153 Lieut-col. SirT. Noel Hill, Istgds.
159. Lieut.-col. Robert Macara, 42d ft.
1 8tli. The Companions of the said Order
shall wear the badge assigned to the Third
Class, pendant by a narrow red ribband
to the button-hole.
19th. And his Royal HighniBss the Prince
Regent hath been pleased to ordain and
enjoin, that Uie said Knights-Commanders
and the said Companions, shall respec*
160. Lieut.-col. Hon. A.Gordon, 3dft.gds. tively be governed by the rules and regu-
161. Lieut-col. Henry Wm. Carr, 83d it lations which bis Royal Highness, in ihm
162. Licut*cel. Ch. Broke, assist, q. m. g. 'name and on the- behalf of bis Majesty,
^ h»t||
ABSTRACT OP FOREIGN OCCURRENCES.
iblic prea*
uifird uluui (he subject. Such, howeve
» tbe fact. Tbe colleution of the droi
ratuiu, or inditect taxes, particiilatljr vay^
MaJMlr,
of U-
»a< en-
a^wu.
Oorero-
iiatinn oinhr auw oflheco-
>nv; aud,
consequrnllV' that M. I^-
ly^sa liad
iinauihari!^ uhatstpr to mika
eclaratiob!
snourofh
Tll« JOU:
i> SoTereign.
rnai 4t Par'u repieaenia tha
70
Abstract of Foreign Occurrences.
[Jaih
; French Finances ms in a very flourishing
state : they have been greatly improved
' by the voluntary renunciation of the
claims of the inhabitants of France for
indemnification in consequence of the ra-
vages of the late war. The Gazette de
France says, that in all quarters the peo-
ple have made the most generous efforts
to pay the contribution ; that in the month
of November last the receipts in the Royal
Exchequer amounted to ^73 millions, a
sum far surpassing the hopes of the Minis-
ter \ and that the Treasury Bonds, which,
on the 7th of December last were at a
discount of 6 2-3d8. per cent, are now
only at 1 .
From Havre it is stated, that a number
of vessels have sailed from that port for
Guadaloupe and Martinique, in conse-
quence of those islands having been for-
mally restored to France. Ships are also
preparing for the Isle of Bourbon and In-
dia;^ and, shocking to relate, it is un-
blushingly avowed, that some vessels, have
sailed to procure slaves for the French
colonies.
R£-lMf£RMENT OF THEIA LATE MaJISTIES
OF France.
The Paris papers of the 22d inst were
chiefly occupied with the solemn proceed-
ings that took place on the removal of the
remains of Louis XVI. and Marie-Antoi-
nette, from La Magdalene to the Royal
Sepulchre of St. Denis, on the 21st,— -the
anniversary of that fatal day, when the
most humane and gentle-hearted Mo-
narch that ever sat on the throne of France
was ostentatiously murdered in the heart
of his capital, in sight of the palace of his
renowned ancestors, and in the midst of
scenes so often animated by Uie cheerful
loyalty of his subjects. Two-and-twenty
years have elapsed since that *'deed with-
out a name" was perpetrated : the chief
assassins have long since perished misera-
bly 'y their bodies are lost in the mass of
undi'stinguished earth; and their names
exist only in the universal execration and
horror of mankind ; — while that justice
which was refused to Louis XVI., when
living, is paid with warmth, and affection,
and earnestness, to his memory ; and his
mortal remains, which it was so carefully
sought to annihilate, have been singu-
larly preserved, accurately recognised,
and transported in the utmost pomp, to-
gether with those of his Queen, to the an-
cient receptacle of the deceased Sovereigns
of France, followed by the relatives that
were nearest and dearest to him when
living, and by those faithful and honour-
able subjects who were the objects of his
choicest regard.
On the morning of the 21st, all the re-
prtmefits of the garrison of Paris were under
Arms, and the way from the Rue d'Anjou
to the barrier of lit Denis was lined by
dtTachmcnts,
Monsieur, with the Dukes - D'Angou-
leme and Berri, proceeded, at eight
o'clock, from^the Tbuilleries to the resi-
dence .of M.' Descloseaux, and laid the
first stone of a monument to b<e erected oa
the spot where the bodies of Louis the
Martyr and his Queen were deposited, in
the adjoining cemetery.
The precious remains of their late Ma-
jesties, in superb coffins, were placed OB
a funeral car, and attended more imme«
diately by the company of the Scots
Guards of the King. The procession then
set out for the Abbey of St. Denis in the
following order: —
Detachments from various military corps^
both^cavalry and infantry.
The Governor of the First Military Divi-
sion, with his Staff. '
Detachments of National Guards, hoise
and foot.
Lieut. -general Count Dessolle, with the
Staff of the National Guard.
Detachment of Horse Grenadiers.
Three of the Royal Carriages, with eight
horses to each, containing Officers of
/ the Princes.
Detachments from the Musketeers aikI
Light Cavalry.
Eight Royal Carriages, with eight horses
to each.
A Carriage, in which were Monsieur, and
the Dukes D'Angouleme and BerrJ.
Heralds on Horseback.
The Grand Master of the Ceremonies, and
his Assistants, mounted.
Detachments of Cavalry.
The Funeral Car,
Attended by Parties of the Scots and Swiss
Guards.
The principal Esquire t6 his Mijesty,
mounted.
Officers of the Guards-du-Corps.
Detachments from various Corps.
State Coach of Monsieur.
Ditto of the Dukes D'Angouleme and
Berri.
Squadrons of the «ioyal Dragoons.
A train of Field Artillery firing minute
guns on the march.
Detachments of Military Horse and Foot.
The National Guard of St. Denis were
under arms in the space fronting the Ab-»
bey. All the Troops wore crapes oa
their arms. The Drums and Musical In*
struments were decorated with black serge,
as were the different Colours and Stan-
dards.
The procession was received at the
gates of the Church by all the attendant
Clergy. '
Monsieur was followed by all the Princes
and Princesses of the Blood (who were at-
tended by the Counts Laine and Bartlie-
lemy, and the Dukes of Dalmatia and
Bcggio) into the body of the Church.
They took their piaci s in the stalls erect-
ed
2815.]
Abstract, qf Fcrcign OcaurrmctM.
71
id OB eadi tide of (be temporary morni-
iMBt In the oentre.
Tbe choir was occupied by the Principal
OAeen of tbe Household, of the Princes,
«id of the jkrmy . Tbe body of the chnrch
vns cnmded by tbe most illostrioas per-
sonages of the State and of the Army, as
veil as priaoipal Members of the Li^s-
lalm bodies ; all desirous of paying tbe
last sad dnties of eitemal respect to tbe
memory - of their ^-martyied Sorereigns.
Maaity 500 ladies of tbe first rank and
mnseqneuoe attended, and were accom-
modated with benches. Tbe whole as-
ssmblage were in deep monmiog.
• The ftinerAl senrice was then performed;
tbe laodatory oration wai pronounced by
the bishop of IVoye^'i^, after which the
coAm of the illustrious pair were deposited
in the royhl vault. Monsieur and the
Princely Dokes descended into this man-
8|oB of tbe ilhistrious dead, and remained
ftmeia a few moments.
' Satvoes ofartillery announced the moTing
•f the proeession from the capital; the
oomflMBcement of the fbneral service, and
the moment of the interment. Tbe whole
•sieBMiiiy was conducted with Ae greatest
order, and every description of the innu-
aarablrtpecutors were dee(!»1y affected.
Od the next raomfaig, the 23d, a Military
Orter of the Day was pablisbed, expres-
shre of the particular thanks of his Majesty
iir tkft eiteetlitot conduct, tbe z^al, and
deroffioa manifested by the Parisian Na-
tional Guards on the occasion of the re-
moval of the Remains of their late Majes-
ties of France from Paris to the Abbey of
St Denis. (Signed) Dbssolle, Gen. en Chef.
It must have been a satisfactory consi-
deration to those who were attending the
melancholy ceremony of Saint Denis, to
know (for information had been received
of such an intention) that at the same mo-
ment a similar solemnity wtt performmg
at Vienna* in the metropolitan chnrch of
St. Stephen, attended by the Bmperoc of
Austria, and probably by the other erowiied
heads present in Uiat capital.
His Most Chrutlan Majesty hail ordain*
ed an annual fervice to be established in
memory of his justly-beloved Brodier,
throughout France.
. HOLLANa
Private letters firom Belginm agiee ia
stating, that fifty millions is the snm which
the Sofisreign Prince of tbe Netherlanda
pays U> Anatria fer the oessioo of Belgiaoi
to Holland.
■ We learn finom Ghent^ that a great re*
formation has takm place in the Belginm
regiment i|«iartered in that plaoe i tmi wn
have reason to believe that the same sys*'
tem has been acted upon tbroogfaoot the
whole military force of tbe coootry. All
th^ Officers who served under the late
Preach Government have been dismissed
the service. This is not confined to French*
men only, but extends to all foreigners,
and it is expected will produce a very be-
neficial e^^. All persons holding ofll*
cial situations* Bmployis in the J^^ee-
tnres. Collectors and Receivers of Cootri*
botions, 3&C. have also been. reouMredf to
make room for native occupants.
SPAlNt ^
An article from Yron states, as newt
from Madrid of the 9th lost, that the
Spanish Government has suspended all
prosecutions against the enlightened Pa-
triots whom it has so long persecuted, and
that a general amnesty was soon expected.
The Madrid news, however, we regret, is
like that from Vienna, vague and con-
tradictory ^ for we find it stated in a Mad-
rid article of tbe lOih, which is a later
date, that the arrests continue, it would
* The same who thirty years ago began his career of eloquence, by the funeral
eulogy of that amiable and excellent Prince the Dauphin, father to Louis XVI. To
the few whb remembered that first specimen of the preacher's oratory, and still more
to tbe venerable orator himself, the contrast must have presented matter for the most
painful refiections. One almost feels that it would be likely to overpower a mind even
of common sensibility, much more of a person endued with that sensibility which is
absolutely essential to true eloquence. Louis XVIIl. judged well, in announcing his
dioice only ten days before the solemnity. Tbe strong sense of duty, together with
tbe knowledge that a short period only was left for composing and polishing tbe dis-
course, would necessarily compel the preacher to avoid every thing that was artificial,
and to deliver himself in the natural and powerful language of high and dignified senti-
ment. In fact, and it is a circumstance that marks the honest sincerity of the good
Bishop, bis address was strongly directed to the conscience, to the rcligioq^feelings,
to tbe sense of remorse and abasement, with which the murder of his Royal i^ilster had
evidently filled his own heart. Pie throws aside all vain pretences — prietences at such
a moment as unnatural as vain— of a moderation in regard to the crime he was de-
ploring. He paints it, as, he sees it, in colours black, horrible, and alarming.: He de-
scribes the reign of terror, which followed so close on the King's murder, as a judg-
ment on its atrocity ; and when speaking of the happier prospect which now opens on
France, he thus expresses himself: '* The God of Vengeance, at length appeased,
seems willing to pardon our sin — Yes, Christians, onr sin ! for if we have not all joined
ia committing this great crime, we are all guilty of haying suffered it to be committed."
seem
7i Attract pfPoreign OecurrenciL fJam *
vtem ftoxh the same Article, that the de- object of thiV Chivalric A^eetinf trat In
partare of Che English Ambassador, Sir make a very considerable collectioD fox
H. Wellestey, now in I^rance, was attri- the Christian slaves in Algiers ffnd Twtmi^
bated at Madrid to pique or misunder- as well as to communicate several idea»
itanding. Itf noticing the circiimstance, respecting the plan for bencefurthseourmir
it says, '* the Bagli»h are hurt that we the nations of Christendom against tlie en-^
Attribute the deliverance of Spain entirely terprises and oppressions of the Infidels."
to our own effoits.'' But it is not towards Accounts frum Vienna to thelfth trtrt. -
England alone that this selfish unkind meotioo rather a remarkable change of
spirit betrays itsetf in Sp^in : it is con- Negociators as having taken place. Prkio^
f«8sed that it operates generally against Mettemich, it seems, opposed the tiews
all nations. of Russia in regard to Poland ; Uxxigb \%.
From Bayonne they report, that the is acknowledged, that the people of tbafe
King of Spain has confiscated the property country, as they cannot have a King of
of all Spanish refugees in France. their own, are anxious to have it ereated
The merchants of Cadiz complain hea- il kingdom under the powerful and mag-
vily of the misapplicatioif to Court pur- nanimous a^8pice8 of the Emperor Ale««
posea of the funds which they had contri- ander. This reported obstacle to the fe-
bu4ed to aooelerate the departure of the neral happy arrangement of CoatinMtal-
armament iiH South America. affairs, is now however stated to have beett
ITALY. removed by the Emperor of Austriai. vb^
Brussels Papers to the 15th inst. state, at the request of Alexander, has appointed:
mi the authority of private accounts, that Count Stadion successor to Prince MdUer*
'< the plans and connections of the mal- nioh j similar changes being at the sanofs
Qpntents at Milan, which "have been disco* time consented to both J>y Russia and
vered by the arrest of Gen. Leechi, and Prussia — the former appointing Count
two other Qenerals who had conspired. Capo d'Istria successor to Count NeaeeU
were very dangerous, not only for Italy, rode; the latter naming Count Jordan^
but for all Europe, by the extent df their instead of Baron Humboldt The aeir
ramiftcations ; and thht eight persons, Ministers are stated to be all aoequivooaUy
chiefs of .the conspiracy, are condemned friendly to the proposed aew order ii
to death.'' The arrest of couriers for the things.
purpose of obtaining their dispatches, and Our accounts from Vienna are to tbif-
many other i^ecent occurrence^, may be l^h inst but bring nothing but coatKadio-
adduced as evidence of ihis spirit of insur- tion and uncertainty. A grand conferenoft.
rection in the Nortl^ of Italy ; a spirit that is said to have taken plaoe on the 9ib|.
will not be a little extended and inflamed but of its result nothing was known. To
by the discontents in Genoa, in conse- inake up, however, for the want of real
quence of the atftfihilation of that ancient information, conjectures and speculaticms
Republic. continue to be hazarded, frequently oon-
An article from Rome furnishes an ah- tradicting and opposing each other. Thus
street of a Papal Bull ; the object qf which we have two articles from Vienna, of the
is, to preserve the respectabilty of the same date, in different papers ; the one
Clergy, who are prohibited from appearing full of alarm and apprehensiou ; and the
at Theatres in the habit of their order, other, telling us that the negociatioiiS' bad
from exercising mechanical professions, taken a more favourable turn, and that
and frbm being beads or masters of estab- the difficult ie» relative to Poland and Sax*
lishments. ony were either removed or on the point
From Naples it is stated, that King of being so. The actual state of the ne-
Joachim becomes daily more insecure on gociations we have yet to learn,
his throne; but this atatement in the The strictest secrecy, we understand,
French Journals is completely at variance has hitherto been enjoined upon all the
with the accounts received through other Ministers at the Congress; and the re-
channels, ports which appear in the Foreign Jour-
GERMANY. nals are, of course, destitute of foundation.
A letter frq^i Vieniii, dated the SOth of The secrecy which has thus been observed
December^^odtitains a paragraph which is highly honourable to all patties oOii-
cotlntenanoes a report of Sir Siduey Smith cerned. Instead of suffering ex-parte
being endeavouriug to iufluce the iPowers statements to appear in the several nations
comp(»sing the CongrejiS^ to take measures of the Continent, to inflame tlie minds of
for putting an end to the depredations of the people, in order to make them com-
Ihe piratical States of liarbary; il is as pliant with the wishes of t^eir rulers at
follows: ** Yestejday, in the Au-gartet), the moment, the most profound silence
there was a great Picnic^ under tlve di- has been maintained on all hands during,
rection of the celebrated Sir Sidney Smith, the progress of the negociatioo ;■ and it caa«
None hut Members of Orders of Knight- not be doubted that the great work of uni*
booil were inviiedj and the beuevoLeat yersalpacitication must be much facilitated
by
tf Baltimare, weie kaomn to be in • itaLs South of Hijrti, boih p*rti *re uniicd in
of inMlTeacf. Ai tn thp fchf me oF a St- Uieir deli nniuat ion to ivjiel agEIwIuD on
tiOKBt-BMik, tbat had totally faU«il : Mr. ibe pan of tbi: fKaob. , '
aaHT.'Mio, JuTiHarj, 1813. SUUmrH
10
Ahsiract qf Foreign Occurrences.
ASIA.
Pmu
SUtefhfint by the Chinese Emperor Kia King^
of the Rehellhn in his Provinces, and At-
tempt to surprise his Family and Palace,
** Imperial Notice,
•• An attempt at Revolution has been
made I for which I blame myself. 1, whose
Tirtues are of an inferior class, received
with much veneration the Empire from
my Jmperiarl father eighteen years a^'o. I
have not dared to indulge myself in sloth.
When I ascended the throne, the sect of
%be Puhen* threw into rebellion four pro-
vinces, and the people suffered what I
cannot bear to express. I ordered my
Generals to go against them, and after
eight years' conflict, reduced them to sub-
jection. I hoped that henceforward I should
have enjoyed perpetual pleasure and peace,
with my children the people. Unexpec-
tedly on the 6th of the 8th Moon f , the
mici of Tun-lu [i. e. Celestian reason-illu-
minate], a banditti of vagabonds, created
disturbances, and caused much injury
from the district of Changyuen, in the
province of Pa che lie, to the district of
Isaw, in Shang-tung. I hastened to or-
der Wan, the Viceroy of Pekin, to send
foi-th an army to exterminate them. This
affair was yet at the distance of 1000 Le»
ia Le' is l-5th of an English mile,] but
uddenly on the 5th of the 9ih moon [18-
years,] rebellion arose under my own arm J,
the misery had arisen in my own house §,
a banditti of 70 persons and more, of the
•ect of Teen-ie, violated the prohibited
Gat^, and entered wiihinside. They
wdund<»d the Guards, and entered the in-
ner palace.
'* Four rebtU [robbers] were seized
and bound ; three others a^cendad the wall
with a flag, my Imperial second sun seiz-
ed a musquet and shot two of the rebels,
my nephew killed the third. After this
tliey retired, and the palace was restoried
to tranquillity. For this I aoi indebted to
the energies of my Imperial 8'>cond son.
.The Prince and the Chief Oflacers of the
Lung Izung Gale led forth the troops, and
after two days' and one night's utmost
^exertion, completely routed the rebels.
Tlie family Ta-tzing has continued tq^ulc
the Empire 170 years. My grandfather
and Imperial father in the most affection-
ate manner loved the people as children ;
Tarn unable to express their virtues and
benevolence. Though I cannot pretend
to have equalled tht-ir good government
and love of the people, yet I have not
Oppressed nor ill-used my people; this
sudden change I am unable to account
for. It must arise from the k>w state of
my virtues, and my acOli^iulated impieN
fections. I can only reproach myselt
Though this rebellion has burst forth io a
moment, the seeds have bean long coW
lecting. Four words, careletiness, indul^
gence, sloth, and contempt "i^, express the
source whence this great crime has ariseD,
Hence withinside and withoutsidef are la
the same state. Though I have again and
a third time given warning, till my loBgva
is blunted and my lips parched [with fro.
quent repetition], yet none of my MioJi.
ters have been able to comprehend it
They have governed carelessly, and caused
the present occurrence. Nothing like it
occurred during the Dynasty of ffam
Tang, of Sung, or Ming, The attempt of
the assassination in the close of the Dy-
nasty Ming, does not equal the present
by more than ten degrees.
*< When I think of it I oannot bear to
mention it, I would examine nyself, re-
strain and rectify my heart to correspond
to the gracious conduct of Heaven abaye
me, to do away with the resentments tif
my people who are placed below me. All
my Ministry X who would be boneitlj
faithful to the Dynasty of Ta-tzing mutt
exert themselves for the benefit of the
countr3r^ and do their utmost to make
amends for my defects, so as to i^forsi
the manners of the people.
"Those who can be contented to be
mean may ha4|g their caps § against tiMS
wall, and go home and end their days,
and not sit as inactive or dead bodiea in
their places to secure their inoomes, and
thereby iiKrease my crimes. — The teaia
fall as my pencil writes. — I dispatch tbia
to inform the whole Empire. — Received on
the 12lh of the 10th Moon."
' 414 Of the conspiracy alladed to, tbe
following account has been received from
Canton,:— •• Whilst* the Emperor of China
was on a visit to Tartary, he left his nine
sons in charge of Pekin. Three coasins,
assisted by twelve of the Imperial servants
and 70 Ladrones, attempted to force tbe
palace, which they effected. They put
thirty soldiers to death ; but the second - .
son cut one of the Ladrones down, and shot
another, upon which tbe rest ran away.
The outside gates were immediately shu^
and those within the palace were made
prisoners. The ringleaders, tonsisting of
the three cousins, 10 ofl&cers, and 12 Im-
perial servants, had their bellies opened
while alive, and were afterwards cut to
pieces. Sixty others of the conspirators
had their heads cut off."
♦ White water- flu woTb
{'September 28th.
Under my own arm-pit, a strong ex*
prpi-^ion for his own family.
} Wh\4ji jpjf own walls.
• Cooleinpt or neglect of business,
t In my own family, and abroad io
the Ginpiie.
J Servants in great offices.
§ The Cap with tbe fiuUon is the In-
signia of Office.
IRELAND.
I neatut o
ua: munbt
181^.] InteUifeacejTemlrdAQd. — CnmlryNem. .13
IBELANO. Thiitbreatwu lo effgetnsl, Uwt ivooo*
RoOnn CathoHc Cbqwt oF Ike countiy peopln would tell ■ ual
Cork, wu nnQiullr of tarf lo DoDaran la beat bii ana, »M
loni ■! Mr); terriM, oa be coukl oot eita idl ia hii awn nanw
Oo'anddn, eoeafUw ladi Boar or nock u [>jod hi« baodti.
irybkrhig beeo throwo Seductd ■linoit todetpair, ifaabBkerwBot
M ri*sntbBl tbegallerf in ■ vbile aheet lo Ihe chipsl, a> ■ nh-
t eoDMeiBatlafi lunlary penaBcan and aik^ pardon ol
: DombeiamreieeD Ood sod ibn prieit for his diaobeditacai
iWj iota tbe aHe, and aitd «■■ Ibere b; tbe prieit dnirad to a^
' bto tbs (treat, in con- lend htm lo bii home, whrre ha deaundal
maa; broketheirllmb^ twoguluai. which Uooovan anuicd bia
t lajund. Id the lub- be could out potiibljr miika op. The ea-
tOfdoatof tbe house, conimunication vai tberefora eeallaaed
untbrtanatelf killed { agaiosl bim, and he wa* c(X)iH)ueatlr
m. Hodden on, and to- obliged Id ibuk up bis hoiue. Tbe abciT*
le (Hiapel sustaimtd In- ftd* were prorsd by two uovilling >i(-
iio$ at windaws, doon, onan, and tbe Jury found a Terdict tat
Iha Plaatiff, with 501. damages.
L. Werboixh'* charoh, —
L Hoii. LordKinplend COUNTRY HKWS.
triim oF Ihe Church of Dtt. IT. At Maughlre, neat Newtovo,
«d tbe Reformed CbrU' HontgoiBeryihire, by the sudden etippinf
of a ijiiBotityaf eanli. luotened b; heaif
tholio Meeting was held rain* ibal had recently Fallen, the walls ol
Lard Pingatl, in Dai- a poor niau'i coUage, built under ■ sleep
-^ Ok eonrider wlieUier tbe Petiliou bmV, were beaten in, and hiniKlf, wife,
dnM be jm^ifUt or tmqaalifiti Bman- aud live imall children, uverwhelmed by
^tioa; andoD a dintion, tbe PeiHIon a torrentuF mud : two of the children wen
, he Di<^iialilled wa* ended by a mvoritT suAMUted ! one of them, an infant at the
' ii tM [mporticM of tinwa to one. Lnrd breait of his molber, who suffered Ihe >d-
Mfwll was in Ihe minarity : the probable describable agony of feeling iti last alruf-
■Meswoa of )iis Lordship is allnded to. gle* withool the potiibility ttt affurdii^ H
ybs. sa. A fire broke out lest wert in the leatt relief^ she herself wai forced'
Ae oanioD of Mr. Ormtbf, near Bird- npon (he fire, bj which her legs were s»-
HX, coonl; of Tipperary j which not Terely burnt, and her huiband was driTTD
•nlj detlrayed thf premises, wiih the fur- outside the cottage, and there Qxeil in tj>e
anore and every valuable arlicle, but bis Burruuuding luin, a dislresieii spei-ialor
of the sufrcrings of hi> family, without
being able to attr lo their assistance. Tha
. tae names. ' neighbours were unable lo remove Ihe tut
No place in the empire has suffered so ferera from their perilous litualioa in Itiss
much from (he late storm as Adare, (be llian (wS hours.
beaatiful seat of the Bon. W. Q:iin, in the Mamhciler, Dec. 10. The lorrenli of
county of LimCrick. It bas loit about rain on tlte 11th and 12th, inarlellie river
AO trees, of which above 5U0 vrre Full- snell (0 a great heiyhl, aiiil cut off com-
gn>wnLiaiber,ofsreat >ize,Bndon]nmental uiunicitjon. hy the coin mun route, rroni
16 the grounds, torn up by Ihe roots. Brou;!iton, ^rangcways. Ice. Tlie rain
At the late Cork Isiizet, a baker named was almost incessant the remainder oF (he
DoQOTan, brought an action against tlie week; and un tbe 16ib, Ihe most buni-
RcT. Mr. O'Brien, vicar-general (o Dr. canejike gale of' wind experifncrd hrra
Coppiuger, tbe titular bishop oF Cotk, iince the year 1S02. made the slates &f
aod Roman Catholic parish p?iesi of Clo- from (he house-tops, and the puis nem
■akilty. It appeared on the (rial, that a hurled from the tups oF the chimneya,
subscription had been set on Foot by the whilst Ihe beautiful steeple of SL Mary>B
prieit, for the purpose of building a Ko- Church " racked horribly liiihlime," heh:l-
mao Catholic chapel. Donovan was or- iiig in obedience to (he blast, totheadmt-
dend to pay, as his affixed quota, 16<. 3d. raliun of thouiaoda uf gazers, obliged ta
Uid afterwards 9i. both of which sums he be rrmioded every minute that its motion
p^d, but observed, (bat he was very poor, proved the accuracy uf its perpend icul at.
and that he could not afford it. On a third A part oF tbe stunewoik over tbe East g^M
demand being made by the priest, of I ^i. of Clif etham's College was blown down.
Douavan reFosed to comply with it. The Severalnewly-cnctedhouseswereunruored
priest in confcijuence formally eicommu- by the wind, whiiih found away inioitiem
nicaled him, and denounced the peo]>le aa by Ihe unclosed windows. I'lie liot-k'juw
cwrsed and contaminated who should deal of Mr. Briilgeford, aurseryman, atC'ftfr
or bold asf cotmnuiiicatioQ wilb biim. tood, «« dcttiojciL Iba P'i^t car-
76 Intelligence from various Parts of the Countty.
[Jao.*
Sens in the neighbourhood were made com-
mon by the fury of the blast ; and several
smaTl cottages suffered severely. At Ker«
salmooTy Mrs. Boardman, an elderly pier-
son, widow of a landlord of the Hare and
Ifonnds public-house, adjoining the race-
course, was killed by the fall of one of
<hem. Many trees were broken or blown
down in the neighbourhood.
On the 16th, there was the most tre-
mendous storm of wind and hail in the
town of Derby, ever witnessed. A stone
was blowii from one of the Churcbeg, and
falling on a poor woman, caused her death
a short time after ; and a high brick wall,
of upwards of 100 feet in length, was le-
velled with the ground, and another wo-
man, passing at the moment, was knocked
down and killed on the spot«
Dec. 30. Thre^ children of a shepherd
on a fkrm near Henderland, in the parish
of Meggat, in the county of Peebles, going
from their father's house to witness a ma-
trimonial ceremony, in crossinp: an ad-
joiUing burn, were all blown in by a vio-
lent gust of wind, and carried down the
current. The father, who was near the
ttpot at the time, ran to their assistance,
and brought out one, and laid it upon the
hank, and then another, and followed the
third a considerable way, which he also
succeeded in bringing out ; but on bis re*
turn back with this last to the place where
the others were left, he found them both
without appearance of animation, and
every attempt to restore them was in vain.
TiHe third is still alive, and likely to re-
cover.
Jan^ 5. As Robert. Newing, one of the
company of dredgers of IVkUstablef on the
Kent coast, was out fishing, accompanied
by his son, aged 16, he accidentally fell
overboard ; his son immediately threw a
rope out to his assistance, which he fas-
tened to his body, and with which the lad
ineffectually attempted to haul him into
the boat, but not having strength to ac-
complish it, the unfortunate man, after,
being dragged by the l>oat nearly two
miles, was drowned. He ba« left a wife
and nine children.
Jan. 9. One of the workmen in the em-
ploy of Messrs. Roberts, Reynolds, and
Co. oilmen at Eveskamt while engaged in
oiling the machinery upon their premises*
his clothes got entangled round one of the
wheels, by which he was drawn in, and
•hocking to relate, was instantly crushed
to death. The unfortunate man has left
a widow nnd three young children.
Jan. 10. Early in the morning, the
Bf argaret of Londonderry, John M'lntyre,
master, with three men and twenty pas-
sengers, was wrecked off Cullean Bay,
vheo all perished except Norman M'Cleod,
mate, add Edward IMnald, seaman. The
Uu#r relates, that they left Derry on the
evening of the 7th« and tbeir ^iftils being -
shivered to pieces in a dreadful storm, t^
vessel struck about fire o'clock, when the
master, one of the hands, and some of the. ,
passengers, took to tbe. boat, but ^efe ..
drowned; that be and the mate stuck in,'
the rigging, and when day dawned, though
a great number of people were collected
on the shore, from the violence q( the
storm no assistance. could. be given them.
There were then on the deck a man hold-
ing his wife in his arms, a woman sur*
rounded by five children,, on her way to
her husband in Glasgow, another woman ..
and child, a genteel looking woman, who
told him she was a quarter- master- Ser-
jeant's wife, and had lived some time io
Hamilton, and a Mrs. Carrick, the only
person whose name he knew, with her '
child. That the tide making about eleven
o'clock, they were all swept off the wreck, ^
and though some reached the shore alive, ',
they were all so benumbed with cold that
they soon expired. Fifteen of tbe..hodiee
are already come ashore, but the corpse
of the master is still missing.
Jan. 17. The Brothers, Stephen Atkinsoft .
master* of South Shields, having struck
on the Harbrd' Sand^ near Harwich, in
the night, came off the next morning'
iniu deep water, and sunk immediately..
In getting out the boats for- the prei^erya-
tion of the ship's compaAy* the long-bo|it
was stove, and the unfortunate crew bay-
iug taken to the skiff, all peri.sbed ; with .
the exception of one man named Richard
Bruti!«wick, who, stopping the leak with/'
his jacket, remaiued in the, long- boat.
The survivor was picked up several boors '
after in the boat, which bad floated off the
ship's deck, by the brig Gypsey, of Sup-
derland, nearly exhausted, up to bis
middljB io water.
By the Third Report of .the Hamp^hini'
Si>cic'iy, in co-operation with^tbe National.
Socitty for Educating the Infapt.Poor in
the Pi-inciples of the Established Church, .
and on the plan of the Rev. Dr. Bell,. It
appears that j53 schools .have been estat.
blisbed in different -parts of the county,
since 181 J, and upwards^ of. 4000 children^
are receiving education in them. Frpm,
the extensive and. rapid progress which
this system of .education is makingthrpug^h-
out the Kingdom, we may confidently an-
ticipate a very gratifying improvement in
the religious. and moral character oC..thc(
Country, and hope that, under Divine_
Providence, these blessings will not,, l^e.
confined to ourselves;* but. that we shall
be the means of conveying the. pure doc-
trines of Christianity, as exemplified iq
tbe venerable and beautiful fabrjck of our
Established Church, to the remotest cor-
ners of tlie Globe. . ! .
The Cornwall Geological. Spci^ty are
about to erect an elegant museum at Pen-
zance
ttdiiiliihgljr batinced hit lank, lud ttiui aide of Si. Paul's Chur«h.yard.- Tkefl>me«r
'tVe Arcbbiibagi of York is liberall; en*
ctmi^agbig'llie erectioo o( CbapBli willriD
bit iUo'c«M. Lnit wuck hii Loniabip coii'
KcraUd a new one at Sotloa, aod lo-
■ird* tbe'expeMa of tbe baildiog lab-
S'il>ed SOL and tbe Mine aam to tbe inb-
ijrtiob ftir another at Haiifax.
Ivt'doUra of Yori gaol, for three wceki
p'reriotak'to the 36tb of Not. were dailf
thmirri'itpen; ther« not being a priaoner,
eitb^fr debtor or felon, confined tbrre in.
Ah elegant silver cup, at lh« value of
SO goinfeal; baB been preaeoted b; the
ishtbllaitli of WhitthaviA, to Audrev
CaVr^ a leatUah, Wbo greatly diitinguUhed
hiiijieir in rescuing a female pusenger
riunl a Vusi^l Wrecked off that port daring
ib'e late W6nn. <See our Ian vol. p. 6'>l.)
DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
wMrhaltiaHedlbgtaitaBWb ll
dby M
eiigetsj
whs anempted to route the familf by
ringiDgthe bell* and eaclaimiiig "fiteJ"
This not ionicdiately pmring Ruccesafoli.
tbe door wa* farced open, wbiia theBMnaa;
burtt out with mcb inorcawd force, that
no one could do up ttairt to awskeo. tha
{iitB\ij. At length Mn. B
nfan
got iirtt uuC of tbe bouie.
Bnt H> rapid were the flame* that bo other
peruln except a lerrant, with anolber of
Mn. Biggi't children, mcceoded ia'gei.
ting out bjr the door ; tbe reat took to tha
roof uf tbe bouiB, and ^t away< unhurt.
Mrs: Biggi had lix children, Iha eldeat of.
■fauni, a son. wasonly nine jiears-of age..
Thit youth and bis tiiter, between tbreai
and foor yeart, slept ia m, roam above
(heir brothen, to whirh thoae who fiot en-
tered the house could not reach, and to
which Ihe terrastt who escaped by tha
roof durft not nntare ; so ifaX they fell
ticlimitothe flame* 1 Tbs 6re wai net
78
DOMESTIC OCCURRENCS6.
[Smot^
tbe house was burnt to the ground bef)re
teveln o'clock. The preAiises of Mr.
Claimes, pocket-book maker, were also
destroyed, with part of the stock. The
bouses of Mr. Hall and Mr. Case have
0Qff(ired in the upper stories; and the
workshop of Mr. Dotlond, mathematical
instirufnent maker, was slightly damaged.
If r. and Mrs. Biggs had recently entered
business ; their stock was uninsured, and
Mr. B. was in the country at the time.
A liberal subscriptiou has been entered
into by the neighbours and other beaeTo-
lent persons, to alleTiate (as far as pos-
sible) the heavy calamity of Mr. Biggs's
fanlly.
The Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty, by command of his Koyat High-
ness the Prince Regent, have published
tb». scale of rewards designed as a remu>
neration to Petty Officers, Seamen, and
Boyal Marines, for long and failhful ser-
^ces in the Navy. The antient system
of smart-money is continued ; and the
pensions hitherto granted from the Chest
of Greenwich are also contioued, i^ith
feme trifling variations beneficial to the
General interests of Seamen and Marines.
The pensions granted from^ the same
•ource to worn-out stamen upon uncer-
tain principles, are now redueed to a fixed
atid more equitable system, in which the
nature of the injuries received, and the
meritorious services of different classes of
men respectively, are carefully consi-
dered and adeqitaiely recompensed, and
a new and most important benefit has
been ettended to the service, vig, that
#rery man who may be discharged after
14 years faithful senriccy even though Ae
should not he disabled, hat a right to claim
a pensk>n proportioned to the number of
years he may have served; and, after 31
years* service, every man, in addition to
•t least If. per day, may demand his dis-
cl«rge from the Navy. The following are
the principal of the new regnlations :—
We have already observed, that soMrW
money will be paid for wounds as before.
Every Seaman, Landman, Boy, or Royal
Marine, discharged from the service on
eccoont of wounds, wilt be entitled to a
pension of not less than 6d. per day, and
not more than It. 6d, Persons discharged
from sickness or debility, contracted in
the service, will receive fiom 5d, to ISd.
per day, regulated by circumstances of
ailment and length of service. Privates
of Royal Marines are to be reckoned as
Landmen | and they will also be entitVed
to discbarge after 21 years services The
services of boys to be {Recounted as Land-
men, and they acquire man's allowance
at the age of 18 years. A certain class of
JPetty and Nqn-commissioned Officers, in
tdditlbn to any pension they may be eu-
tiil^ to Si SeixacD, M^es^ die* u« to
have one farthing per day for each year
of their service. Another dass of tbe
same Officers will be entitled to doubfo
that sum.. Pensions and length of servicB
are forfeited by misconduct. All the pen-
sions are to be paid quarterly ; and it ia
not intended to make any alterations ia
pensions already granted, except that
Petty and Non - commissioned Officer**
discharged since the 30th of April, 1814^
may receive the additional allowance to
which they are, under this new regulatioD*
entitled.
As some compensation for tbe gallant
exertions of our Soldiers, Government are
proceeding to collect together the spoils of
the different campaigns; ^r, in other
words, the plunder taken from the finemy^
during tbe War : 11 40 pieces of ordnance
are to be melted down, and sold. It is
calculated that the whole produce will be
about 600,000/. ^
Notice has been issued from theMmt,
that old halfpence will be received in bags
of half a hundred weight each, which, if
found to be free from counterfeits, ^ud
that 55 weigh one pound, a bill will be
given, shewing the value by tale, and en-
titling the holder to payment, one month
after date; but no fewer than five bags^
or 2} cwt. will at present be taken.
Tbe Corporation of the City of Londen,
it is said, have at length determined to
enlarge the water-way, by widening tbt
arrhes of London Bridge, or entirely Ip
remove that nuii^ance to the navigation of
the river Thames, as soon as the intended
Southwark Bridge shall be completed*
The latter, according to the terms of the
contract, is to be finished in two yeairi*
from February next ; and, from the extra*
ordinary exertions made since the ooin-
mencement of the work, it is likely that
it will be opened for' public use witttlki
that time.
SeVeral noblemen and gentlemen have
subscribed to present tbe Duke of Wel-
lington with a grand shield, blazoned witb
bis achievements. It is to be of massy
silver, three feet in diameter. The cir«
cumference is to be divided into elevea
compartments, descriptive of his varioue
battles. In the centre the Duke of Wel-
lington appears on horseback, attended by
the Generals Lord Hill, Lord Beresford,
and other distinguished officers. ITie
figures are in basso relievo, and they leave
the Duke prominent. The djrawing of this
grand design was made by Stpthard, Royal
Academician, under the direction of a
Committee. The model by Tollmack.
The small service of Plate subscribed for
by the Officers of the Hospital a^^d Regi-
mental Medical Staff lately serving in the
Peninsula, as a mark of respect and esteem
for Sir James M*Grigor, M-. D, Inspector-
Qeneial of Hospitals, it ^Mtf^pUted. Tbe
oMtfe
■qiarn aon -'
Iris M-iM'ii
80
Pr^f$rn^is:-r-'STrfis.-^Marfiages.
I
t> lEev. H* Salmon, B. A. a ^inoj: C^non
. 4#.Lidifiata Cathedral.
Rev. C. M. BabiogtoB, M. A* sector of
Peterstow, co. HcMfoni> Wilhington Pre-
bttid*
1 'RcT.Wi Cnrwes^Jfamnfft^n ^.pum-
'cboriaBd.
. . Rev. J.i Wbitelodu D«erfaam .V. Cura-
• ) bariaad.
Rey. John Seagram, M*- A» Qodni^ston
. IC'I>orset.
1 . RbVi GhacleiiChainpne«9»' a Af inor Canon
(tf Sl.Ocorge^ Chapol,. Windsor.
ReT. Mr. -Doyie, son of Sir John D.
btft. StoBj Stanton R. co. Leicester.
Rer. John Davit, M. A. vicar of Cerne,
J Doraei^ -Honey Meloonibe R. qo. l>orset.
m*
BJRTUS.
V&H„Noc,lZ, In FiUroy-sijua|;«b the
Bigbt-hon. Lady Thurlow, of |i son and
hsir.
18i5,. Jan. 1 . Mrs. J. ^. Botterworlh,
Fleetrttreet, a ion and heir. — 5. Iq.Upper
' . Hariey-atreet, the wife of G. Smith, esq.
U. P. a 800.— 21. The wife of M. D. Duf-
fiald, esq. of Carltun,. near Middleham,
. -Torkshire, a son and heir.
LaUl^i-^Tlas lady of Sir John Owen,
-. bart^ a son and heir (since dead.) — Ai
.-Winchester, tlie wife of Capt.. Mosea, 7th
'. fasiUer^. a dau. — At Linton Spring, near
Wetberby, Hoo..Mr9' Butler, a dau.—
AtKippax Park, Hon. Mrs. Bland, a son.
. "^13, In Berkeleyrsquare, the Dutchess
of Newcastle, a son. — 16. In Northumber-
. land-atreet, the wife of Major-gmi. John
Hope, a dau, — At Pounsfurd Park, Hon.
. Mrs. Wellman, a son and heir. — ^At the
Rectory of Haaghton-le-Skeme, the wife
s£ Rev. Mr. Le Mesurier, a dau. — Ip
WeymoutbHitreet) Lady Harriet Blaquiercf,
MARRIAGES.
Dec, 13. Ueary Smedley. esq. of Lin-
cdta's-ioD, barrister at law, to Elizabeth,
daughter of the late Ric|iard French, esq,
of Abbotts Hill, Derby.
Robert Lindsay Afistruther, esq. eldest
spa of Hon. David Austrvtber, to Eliza-
beth, second daughter of Rev, Charles
Gardner, of Stoke Hammond, Bocks.
20. At Margate, Mr. R. Brasier, jun.
to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Z.
Cogseus, of chat place.
27. Hon. Hen.' Charles Howard, heir to
the Diikedom of Korfolk, to Lady Char-
lotte Gower, eldest daughter of the Mar-
quis of Stafford.
Jan. 2. By special license, at Seaham
Hall, the seat of Sir Ralph Milbanke, ban.
George Gordon, Lord Byron, to Aone Isa-
bella, only daughter of Sir Ralph and Hon.
Lady Milbanket.and niece to Lord Vis-
oount Want worth.
$. At Winterbouroe, Alfred Hardcastle,
asq. second son of JosepU Hardoastle, eaq.
of Uatphai^ HoQ90, Surrey, fo jAnnc
daughter of thp late Edmund <!!obb'£
eiq. of Holly Hil), Hfihl*. '
2. At Liverpool, Col. R. Monro,
Company's service) to MissJaAeD
of Dublin.
1 1 . Major Gore,, of the Dragoon G
to^Mary Jaii^,. davighteir and' sole I
of Owen drmsbyi esq. oT Po'rkii
Salop.
, 1^, Py special jicence, Sir Henjy
Cag-, K. p. 3 /Lieiit, -colonel ^of 'tjj
foot, .^Jiojii,. Mrs. Perceval. '.'
14. CuJ^ Ibathurst,' son of the I
of N^wic'h, to Lady Catherine' S^
daughter of the £arl of Londonderry
RicJiard Pollen, esq.' of Lincote^
broiher of Sir John Pollen," bart. tO
eldest daughter of Samuel Pepys (
rell, esq. of Westbourne.
17.. 4' Greenwich » Major Harri
the E. I. Company's service, to M
eldest daughter of the late Thomas i
, esq. of Greouwich.
19. Mr. Hen. Bennett, jun. to
second daughter of Samuel Fish, <
Highbury Terrace.
Lqtely.'^ At the Oak«, Surrey, tl
of the Earl of Derby, Capt. tt
H. M. S. Spartau. to Miss Bur
daughter of the late Lieut. -^en. B.
— Harrison, eldest son of P.
esq. of Kensington, to Sophia,
daughter of the late John Latewan
of Brpok Acre-house, Ealing. '^
^tKingston^NorfolkyMajor-gen. ]
King's German Legion, to Mary
eldest daughter of Capt. Woodham.
I^ev. Hen. Atlay, rector of Wa
jCO, Northampton, and of St. (JeV
Stamford, to Eliznbelh, Sfcond da
. of the late James llovc'li, en(\.
. Rev. J. K. Ruudell, of Gussaj^e \
cha^l, Dorset, lo Emma, third ^a
. of J. Devey, eaq« of Penn is House,
James Taylor, esq. to Louisa,
daughter of the late S. Skey, esa.
. Grove, near Bewdley.
Joseph jM eredilh, esq. of Knigh
Elizabeth Matilda, niece of James F
esq. Pykomer HalJ, co. Kadubr.
Lieut. Jos. Crouch, H. M.S. Hi
to Mivs Bowyer, dan^htei of Capt.
Lieut. -coU Hewiit, '24th Portii^t
fantry, to Eliza* second daught
one of ihe co-heiresses of the late
lam, esq. of Bandon.
Beardmore, e"«q. of Queen
May -fair, to Miss Parke, the v6c
former.
J. R. Reid, esq. to Miss Rasblei^
si:it«r of Wm. Kashleigh, esq. M.
J. Brown, esq. of Queen's Colleg*
bridge, to the daughter of Sir W. 1
nev, of Ireland.
R. Heatbcote, ef>q. eldest son o
Hoaihcote, to Lady Elizabeth I
ekieai daughter of the Earl of Bake'
SX
paid by them by feelings of BfTeclioiiate ral Vkni," for Cbildtea; which «a* &
graiitude, which suiclved the presume of promlsiag proof of thoM talent! for thai
tfae object that called them futth, (inc^ line of v/iimg, which ihe aftetwarda dii-
— 1 1 — played in " Roaa and Emily," a work
* Autbor of " Judah Restored," mnd with her name to it, published (wo yean
other poeiical plecei. ago. tihe has left bebiud t|«t inoie other
CssT. Maq, Jaamtj, ISla, naDujctipts,
11
82 Sketch of the Character of Mrs. Margaret Roberts* [Jam
manuscripts, amoug which are several ad-
Hiirable Songs ; but, at present at least,
the work which I am editing is the ooty
one designed for the public eye.
But to return to the contemplation of
her as a woman and a wife. Though con-
stant occupation was the great secret by
which shft effected so much, method and
order were two of her principal agents ;
and, like the magic wand whose touch
made the labours of Psyche easy in a
moment, method and order operated on
every busy department in her household ;
and every thing was ready at the hour
appointed, as if guided by some certain
though invisible agency. It must be sup-
posed that superintending a family, con-
sisting of so many children of various dis-
positions and habits, must have been very
tryipg to the temper as well as to the feel-
ings. But the temper of Mrs. Roberts
was equal to any trial; and, unimpaired,
or rather perfected by trials, it shone in
the benign expression of her daik and ani-
mated eye ; it dimpled her cheek with a
smile the most endearing and benevolent,
and spt>ke in the mild and tuneful accents
of a voice which no one ever heard with-
out feeling disposed to luve the being who
possessed it. Nor was the benevolence
which irradiated her countenance, which
gave grace to her manner and swi etness
to ber voice, displayed in a less positive
dipgVce in her seniiments and her actions :
with her^ kindness was not a habit of man-
ner, but a habit of miwf/. She spoke af-
fectionately, because she felt benevolentl}'.
I scarcely know any one so averse as
she uniformly was to believe a tale to (he
disadvantage of another^ and, when forced
to give credit to such tales by incontro-
▼eitible evidence, it is certain that she
liever took pleasure in repeating them.
"When communications were of doubtful
authority, she never fell into that common
faalt of saying to her conscience, **I am
sure 1 do not believe it, it cannot possibly
be true, but I have heard so and so :"
weakly imagining, as persons in general
do, that the affected candour of disbe-
tieving the tale takes away the guilt of
relating it. And, when indisputable evi-
dence authorized her to relate what she
had heard, she was never eager to spread
the information ; for her good taste, as
well as her good feelings, made her dislike
to dweil on the crimes or foibles even of
those of whom she had no knowledge;
and' as she was certainly not less generous
to her acquaintances and friends, she iu.
fpired confidence as weil^as affection in
all who approached her. Those who knew
ber the best were the most inclined to rely
upon her candour, as on a 8ta£f which
tvooM always support them; and they
alio knew that hers was the *< charity
Hial forerelli a nralUtude of sins j" and
hers the piety which led to that forbemrmg
charity also, which suffereth lon|g, and is
kind, ''which is not easily provoked;''
but which thinketh no evil, but ever keepa.
in remembrance that holy rule for the go-
vernment of the tongue, '* Judge not^ thai
ye be not judged.*'
The most suspicious, the most appre-
hensive, left her presence devoid of fear
lest their departure should be the signal
for an attack on their manner, their per«
son, their dress, or their character; they
knew that, if she spoke of them at all, it
would he to praise them, and to call into
notice some good or some attractive qua-
lity. Yet her kindness to the absent wat
not the result of want of power to amuse
the person by exhibiting the foibles or
peculiarities of the departed guests in a
ludicrous or powerful manner ; for, if
ever justice warranted her to be severe on
the vices or follies of others, no one could
hold them up to ridicule with more wit, or
greater success. Indeed, it is commonly
those who are most able to be severe witb
eferi, whose benevolence and whose prin-
ciples forbid them the frequent and indis-
criminate use of their power.
If it was thus safe and pleasant to be
the acquaintance of Mrs. Roberts, how
much more delightful was it to be her
friend and her companion ?
She always seemed to prosper herself in
the prosperity of her friends ; she ideati*
filed herself so intimately with them, that
th^if joy was her joy, their sorrow her
sorrow, their fame her fame. Never did
she abuse the familiarity of friendship so
far as to wound the self-love of those whom
she professed to regard, by needlessly
uitering to them mortifying truths ; never
did she make herself the vehicle of others'
malice, by repeating to them a cruel or
severe remark which she had heard con*
' cerning them.
Her lips, her eyes, were guiltless of
<*The hint malevolent, the look oblique^
The obvious satire, the implied dislike.
The taunting word whose meaning kills."
It was the constant wish of her benevo-
lent nature to be the means of as much
innocent enjoyment as she could to all
with whom she associated ; and one felt
so certain that her kindness was ever on
the alert to veil one^s foibles, and show
one's good quahties to the best advantage*
as moonlight casts a favourable shade
over mean objects, and adds new beauty
and new grandeur to objects of import-
ance, that to be with her was a gala-time
to one's self-love; and perhaps some of
the charm which her society possessed
was owing to her wish, and her ability*
not only to appreciate her associates ac-
cording to the exorbitant demands of self-
approbation, but also to her power of
inidLiog tb«in fettl th«t she did do. Yet
ttiU
frieDdship > loiidity and a truth a
moDlf the reiall of luug acquainU
•lone. — But the regret which I still
far her loss has beea in some measure
laced by my haTiog been called u|iun,
MEMOlRSoF Ma. THOMAS MULLRTT.
BY THE Kb», JOHN EVANS. («<rp, S9.1
fSi, also. Vol. LXXXIC. Part II p. 6O67
Mr. ThomnB Mulleli was born ai Taun.
teemed by a numerous circle of frieniS,
who knew hU worth, and will hold in ho-
anaals of Brijish Hittory, for a.i inef-
nour hii memory.— In the politieat oorld.
fectual Biiempt to restore arbitrary puwer
al'o, he atone period look a disiinguished
and spiritual tyranny thrnughout ibese
part 1 for he had not adopted tbe aliiurd
they are to relinquish all coneeni for tha
1». bro..gW up i hut on his marriage he
rights and privileges of tbe civil eomma-
reliiiqiiished his connexion with ihat So-
nity. At Btmol, wbeie he began his ca-
ciety. Agreeably to tbe education »hich he
reer, and wh'ire he resided for many years.
lud received, be soon enterrd tbe comoier'
bb took the lead <n what included nie weU
eial world. Humanly speaking, he was the
tSie of tbat aniicnt and papulous city.
There it was that, through good and eiil
indeed, smiled upon bis continued and
perievering effoiii, »o that, at length, he
attained lo an honourable iiulependcncf.
Be Titited tbe United States of America
ttree time*, and formed connexions in tbat
distant part of tbe globe upon a large
ac»l« and of high respectability. ™"----
at well ta in this Country, he
e opposed lhat unforlunjte wat
fcred the American Colonies from
11 Stock ; and in every stage of
.bat its impolicy and wickedness. It was de-
rge plored by every friend to humanity.
Bre, Among the many anecdotes with vhioh
fi- Mr. MullcU a(nu3e4 sgd jotereaUd his
bitndSf
Memoirs of Mr. Thomas MulletU
84
friendf, there is one res^ecling General
Washington,, that he told me, which must
not be lost. When Mr. Mullett 6rst visited
the United States of America, it was at
the close of the war, when he was intro-
duced to Gen. Washington. With this
great and good man he passed some time
at his seat, Mount Vernon. Beside other
flattering marks of attention, Gen. Wash-
ington, when alone with him in his libiary,
asked bini, if he had seen any individual
in that country who was competent to the
task of writing a history of that ufihappy
contest? Mr. Mullett, with his usual
presence of mind, replied, '* I know of
one, and one only, competent to the task.''
The General eagerly asked. "Who, Sir,
can that individual be ?" Mr. Mullett
Temarked, ** Caesar wrote his own Com-
mentaries !'* The General bowed, and
Sreplied, " Caesar could write his Commen-
taries; but, Sir, I know the atrocities com-
mitted on both sides have been so great
and many, that they cannot be faithfully
recorded, and had better be buried in
oblivion 1''
It is a circumstance worthy of men-
tion, that he was the last of the twelve
persons who were engaged in inviting the
celebrated Edmund Burke to be the Re-
presentative of the City of Bristol, than
whom no one, both without and within the
walls of the Senate, reprobated morci
eloquently the deleterious consequences
with which the American contest was at-
tended. Few understood better than did
Hr. Mullett the rights of the subject;
none advocated with more manly firmness
the principles of civil and of religious
; liberty, which he knew included in all
fhehr ramifications the prosperity of man-
iLiud. His intellectual powers were of a
superior cast, and he had an intimate
knowledge of mankind. There was a clear-
ness in his perceptions, and a calmness
in his deliberations, favourable to accu-
racy of judgment. He was aware of the
perturbed emotions by which the human
breast is swayed, and he guarded against
tiiose inveterate prejudices by which ob-
liquity of judgment is generated. His in-
formation on most subjects was correct,
and he exercised the utmost caution in
making up his mind. His sentiments,
once formed, were seldom altered, and his
measures, determined upon, were inva-
riably carried into execution. Indeed,
his leading characteristics were firmness
of opinion and consistency of conduct.
Having taken a comprehensive view of
what was offered to his consideration, his
mind was not harassed by any puerile va-
cillations ; but, conscious of the firmness
of the ground on which he stood, he pro-
tecoted bis object till it was accomplished.
Hence it is that be was looked up to by a
number of respectable cbaracters, and tiot
[JaB«
unfrequently occupied in matters of arbi-
tration between his fellow-citizens in tlitr
commercial world. He had, for sometinio
past, withdrawn himself from the bustio
of political life, yet he has been mom
than once cousulied on Transatlantic af*
fairs, especially by an enlighti ned Mem-
ber of the Legi>lature of the present day.
This patriot and philanthropist he visfted,
and used to pass a few days with hioti at
his house in the country. No individual
was more strenuous in his exertions to
persuade the Government that the late
obnoxious Orders in Council would be (be
cause of a war, to be deplored, eventually^
by Britons. Ever the advocate of- Peace,
he in these latter, as well as former
hostilities, viewed alike the measures
adopted towards America as destructive of
public tranquillity. How far be was cor-
rect in predicting the evil oonsequeni^ of
the present contest, time alone can deter-
mine. But I am warranted in declariog»
that, had he survived its issue, he would
have ardently hailed the return of the
blessings of Peace with a Country to
^hich, by origin, connexions, and lan-
guage, we are so cloSely allied. He re-
joiced that the ravages of war bad, in a
measure, ceased; and he fondly hoped
that, ere long, human beings would dit«<
cern the folly and wickedness of an appeal
to arms, instead of having recourse to n
wise adjustment of the opposite and jar«
ring interests of mankind.
With respect to his religion, having
been educated in the principles of tho
Friends, he retained a partiality for their
views, especially as they are detailed in
the writings of Barclay and Penn, who
held them in their purity. 1 have, more
than once, not ouly heard him declare
how incontestible were the great leading
facts of the Christian religion, but aUo
express his admiration of the unparalleled
moral excellence, which beams forth with
a pure and effulgent glory in the charac-
ter of Jesus Christ. Often, however, did
he lament, with other pious and liberal
individual^:, of different denominations,'
that the mild and pacific spirit of the Sa-'
viour was not more conspicuous amongst
the professors of Christianity.
Mr. Mullett married Mary, the daugh-
ter of the Rev. and venerable Hugh Evans,
and sister |o the Rev. Dr. Caleb Evans^
president of the Baptist academy at Bris*
tol. I scarOely need add, that his father-
in-law had an unfeigned regard for him,
and his brother-in-law was, to the day of
bis death, most sincerely attached to him.
He had a high opinion of his good sense»
consulting him on every important occar
Sion, and relying upon his judgment with'
no inconsiderable satisfaction« His excel-
lent partner proved, in the best sense of
the word, an hclp-mB^e^ paniclpating or
MEMOIR or H>.
JOHN TAILBY.
Jim. 5. Od tBi» day. which eomprpltd
eiieiisivel; traced in the parishn m6re
fail ieth year, di^d Mr. Jnbo Tailliy. of
paiticnlarly surrounding Slawstoii. Mil
patience of invesiifation «aB, indeed, nn-
.cripton K 111.1 of an indBpeodenl English
—earied. Though a plain, unlettered man.
yeooian, fiirming a small pairrnal esute.
ha wrote an encellent hand ; and soon ac-
Bii faihfr. Jubn T.ilby. dying June 35.
1781, «1.53, -bequealliBl (0 his son ■
in the churches wliieh he fisiied, and tt.
good name," and the family property ;
»eral of nhich he rr-visited, for the en.
both of niiirh Ihe son assiduously rulti-
press purpo-e of comparing the proof-
•aled. The Writer of ihis hesrifdt iribuie
sheets (,n the S|>ut. In Nuvrmber 1799,'
to his roemury -ell knew and jusily »p-
as an apology far not havin!; been nior«
preciated his metils. Their ■cquainiance
expedltioUB in returning *ume pronf-she-^ii,
commenced at an early pert[>d of a labori-
be says: "The weaih«r 1ms, uniil the
ous lurTey of the County of Leicester, fiir
last week, been in general very wet; the
WBleri frequenllyout, and deep; the roads
(particularly our clayey crossroads) tn-
forded by Mr. Tailby would scarcely be
credited by ihoie -ho were not perfectly
before ; days short ; wheat-seed time lale,
and tlie journeys he made, to contiibule
and tedious. Bui, notwithiUoding these
all that wai in bis po-er to llie cortectneis
impedimenli, I have,' after three separate
M>d improTeuieDt of U»l Work may be days ride, visited SkefflngiDn,Tilton,Twy-
66
Memoir of Mr. John Tailby.
[Jan.
ford, Tugby» and East Norton Churches;
and trust that I have made the necessary
cprrections and addilious in each Parish.''
A few of his articles it may be sufHcient
to specify. His Description of Burrow-
hill is printed in vol. II. p. 523 ; of a
Cross on a stone in the wall of his relation
IVIr. Warner's bouse at Cranoe, p. 554 ;
his Statistical Account of Medbouro, p.
716 ; of Slawsion, p. 797 ; his Account of
Garlre Bush, p. 791 ; of Tilton, vol. HI.
p. 469; of an Oak Chair at Lubbeuham,
p. 539; of Kirkoy Ruins, vol. IV. p. 6^25 y
of the Bridge and Monument of Mrs. Ed-
Wards and htr father at W(-lham, p. 1047.
The Pedigree of the Family of Kendall
of Thornton (vol. IV. p. 385)— a Family
which includes in one of its branches the
Mother of Dean Swift — was niiaterially
improved by Mr. Tailby, who«e paternal
gran<;father is therein described " as a
worthy yeoman ;" and where, in a note,
the Historian particularly notices ** his
friend John Tailby ;" and adds, *'to whose
diligeure and attention I have been con-
aiderably indebted in the progress of these
▼o:umes. And I cheerfully embrace this
opportunity of expressing my admiration
at tiie skill which this se'f-taupht Genius
has acquired, indecypherini^old Registers,
in transcribing obscure Ep>taphs, and bla-
zoning Coat Armour; aod of thanking
him ihu!« publicly for the readiness which
he has at all tunes shewn in assisting my
researches.''
Unfortunately, the latter years of Mr.
Tailby were embittered by disease: but in
the paroxysms of bodily disorder his mind
continued firm ; and he consoled himself
hy the perusal of such bouks as his own
library, or the kindness of the neigh-
bouring Clergy (many of whom knew and
esteemed him), could supply.
January 13, 1810, he thus describes
himself : <* For the last six weeks I have
been quite laid up, so as not to be able,
for the first mouth thereof, to walk across
the house without personal assistance;
and my left hand has been violently in
pain, and go swelled, and entirely useless,
that I could not cut my food, dress or
undress myself — or mend or make a pen,
even to' this day. It is now nearly free
from pain, but quite helpless ;" and adds,
•'Though I have felt a deal of very acute
pain during this long-continued Qt, yet, I
thank God, my right hand has never been
•o bad but that I could use my pen, uhich
I consider as a very great blessing ; and
have (except the first three or four days)
enjoyed very good health during the
whole six weeks ; and my appetite has
through the whole time been good (except
as before). I have called in no medical
advice, as in my former fits of the gout I
found scarcely any benefit therefirom. I
ha^e had an exceedingly good nursei Mrs.
Tailby, who has spared no paiQf in wait-
ing upon and assjsting me, in aad with
all things that were in her power; and to
her very kind attendance, the efibrti of
Nature, assisted by the mercifuJ bleaeiii|^
of God, do I attribute ray present covTar
lesceuce ; and to a continuance of thoaa
mercies do I speedily hope for a total re*
moval of pain and swelling from my liinbs^
and an entire re-establishment of strength.
Another blessing I must not forget to oaen-
tion: to pass the inactive and painful
hours away with some degree of ease, I
have been kindly supplied with' pleaaioy
and valuable books (especially Paley's
Works) by the goodness of the Re?. Mr.
Dance, of Medbourn, and the Rev. Miw
Fenwicke, of Hallaton."
In July 1810: '< I have been higblf
gratified with the Gothic specimens ftom
Lavenbam, which you was so good as to
lend me; and have lately had, from a
neighbouring Clergyman, the reading of
two volumes of Clulmers's ' History of
the University of Oxford :' it was quite a
treat to me. It pleased me much to leo
'Nichols's History of Leicestershire,' &c.
so frequently referred to. 1 think the whole
a pleasing and instructive book on the
subject. In a few days i am to bave*
from the same gentleman, "Dugdale'i
Monasticon," the receipt of which I anti*
cipate with pleasure as a double treat."
In October 1810, he says : " I am now
reading ' Dugdale's Monasticon :* it is a
pleasifng and instructive book to all lovera
of Antiquity. I have just read Mr. MiU
ler's * Account of Ely Cathedral and- Mo-
nastic Buildings ;' from which I gained
some farther knowledge of Antient Arcbi«
tccture, and derived much satisfaction.—
I have lately also had the favour pf
the reading of the last edition of ' Miloer'a
Winchester ;' from which I have obtained
much information and amusement, during
my confinement to the chimney-corner."
On the last day of the year 1813, he
says, ** I am just recovering from a severe
fit of the rheumatic gout, which again at-
tacked me at the beginning of this month
so violently in the right hand, knee, and
foot, that I could not walk across the
house without personal support and as-
sistance, nor feed myself, nor write a word,
for ten days; and, though in part re-
covered, am still lame, and fingers swelled,
stiff and clumsy. In short, I am quite an
invalid (although, thank God, I enjoy
through bis mercy tolerably good bealtb).
Always at home; except now and then
taking a ride on my pony an hour or so
round my closes, which are all contigu-
ous to my dwelling, I have not been so
far from home as Harborough (six miles)
but once tbi» nearly three years. Some-
times, in fine weather, ^venture to a neigh-
boariog viHagei a mile distant; for the
fraqtfency
e OF I
pt^sei
cbaracler of God pieserved bin) amidst Ibe
teinpUtioiis of a residence at College.
In the different places id Wbich Mr.
II blesi
: efTec-
tual SEDODg
felicity. Ana mere are iiKewtse numoera,
yet in the land o! \beix pilgrimage, who
owe bim tbeir beat gratitude foi having
brought and furtbered tbem in the road
to that felicity.
It was not the happiness of the Writer
of this iiDpeifect Eketeh to become ac-
qaftiDted Kith this excellent man till after
fce' came to reaiiie at West Bromnicb. '
Bnt an acquaintance, and a fiiendship, of
tventy years, by which, on other consi.
derations than disparity of age, he felt
bimtelf much honoured, haTc left a deep
and cheering impieieion on his miud, not
only of the peculiar integrity and'warmlh
of affection in h:s deceased friend, but of
what are ti>e appropriate and essential re-
xeal for the DiviDC glory, his fervent love
tt Go4( the tg'aii of bol)' gratitude with
ing eiiher Ids disbelief or denial of those
docirine:>, that he might challenge the
mostorthodoKof the members or minister!
of the Estnbliihed Church to exceed Uim,
in a sense both nf the Iriilh and import-
ance of Ibe dootrioes of Ibe Trinity of Di-
vine Persons in the L'ajty of the Godhead;
of human corruption, both original and
actual j of the absolute impotence of man
without Diiine grace ; of the absolute ne-
cessity and supreme va!ueof the Redeemer
to alone for sin i and of the absolute ne-
cessity and supreme Talue of the Holy
Spirit to mortify siu and Jiiipire holiness.
Of this fact the main teuor of his preach-
ing IS a sufficient proof. And Ills nritinga
evince the same dommion of fundamrniat
truth in his mind. It is expected that a
■ ■ ' ' ons will shortly ap-
i whiel
I »l«*.
»ill 1.
from tlie circumstance which has been
mentioned, of his early piety and freedom
from open sin — ■ ci
is Memoir dftheReo: William Jessie — Obituary. [Jkh,
nerally produces a Pharisaic spirit and
belief.
Although Mr. Jesse was peculiarly
taruest in exalting the Uocirtue of grace,
and excluding from the discovery of that
scheme, or tUf attainment of its object,
any effort of human learning, yet to hu-
man learning, in its due province, he paid
great re peel; and was wont to observe,
that declama'ions against it come with
justice and disinterestednes<i: only from
those who know what it is. — Considering
the age at which it pleased the Almighty
Disposer to call this exemplary servant to
bis reward, it is not to be wondered at,
that, for some time previous to the event,
bis mind was peculiarly occupied with
tlie change which could not be long in
coming. This was the fact ; and, for a
con.sidt:rable period before his death, his
iDrnd became increasingly abstracted from
the worid and worldly things, incapable
of being interested in any occupation
Jwhich had nothing to do with the journey
be was about to -undertake, and busy in
the contemplation^of spiritual and eternal
things. His friend retains a feeling recol-
itfction of bis last visit, when this vena-
table pastor, repeating ' a portion of one
t>( his Sermons, in which compassion for
the souls of sinners was the principal sub-
ject, was more than once interrupted from
proceeding by tears. This, it is known,
vas neither tbe first nor the last time they
-were shed on the same subject ; and
bappy will it be for his flock, if they are
so mindful of his tears that they may be
Jelled with joy.
The illness which was fatal, was short.
On the Sunday previous to his death,
iwhich was likewise the anniversary of the
Incarnation of the Redeemer — a double
solemnity — he took his place in the House
of God, and officiated there with more
than usual vigour. On Wednesday night,
the 28th of December, he was violently
seized with a complaint to which he had
long been subject. He lived through
Thursday, part of the day in great pain,
but perfectly sensible; and, after falling
into a quiet sleep at night, he expired the
next morning, at about two o'clock, uniting
rest in sleep with the sleep of death, the
beginning of tbe eternal rest. Prom the
first, he was sensible that he had received
tbe stroke of death, and was henceforth
anxious only to set his house in order,
-with respect both to temporal and spiri-
tual things; and in patience, heavenly-
mindedness, and a good hope, he con-
tinued to prepare for the great change,
occupied by no earthly care, but for his
future widow.
Tbe state of bis mind was manifest
from the pious ejaculations which he rei.
' peatedly uttered^ and especially from the
frequency with wbicb be f^U on hit kn«ts,
^nd poured fortb bis soul in silent aspire
tions to the God wbo, above all otber
things, beareth tbe prayer of tbe heart.
His burial, on the 5th of January, was,
according t6 his express desire, very pri-
vate ; and, on the Sunday after, funesal
sermons, both appropriate and impressive,
were prearhed by the, Rev. Mr. Evans*
who was his assistant. As a grateful tes-
timony of respect and love to one so wor-
thy of them, the pulpit was hung in black,
&nd the principal inhabitadts have put on '
mourning.
The loss of this good man will be long
and deeply felt. The poor, and those in
particular among them who experienced
his private, active, and extensjve benevo-
lence, will take their part in the general
sorrow. And bis memory will be che-
rished with peculiar tenderness by tbose
who best knew him and were most nearly
related to him. The friend wbo was bo-
noured with the office of committing his
mortal remains to the tomb, and wbo has
supplied this very inadequate memorial,
unites in the same feeling ; and adds to it
his fervent prayer, that alt to whom this
departed Saint was dear, will testify tbeir
attachment by imitating his virtues.
DEATHS.
1814. AT Sea, on bis voyage finom
May 23. England to the Bbst Indies,
Capt. Court, commander of the Mangles.
June 25. At Calcutta, Col. Reade, of
the Bengal establishment.
July II. At Agra, in the East Indies,
in her 23d year, Anne, wife of Lieut Jo-
seph Taylor, of the Bengal Engineers,
and eldest daughter of the late Rev. Jdna-
than Boucher, of Epsom. To great sound-
ness of understanding, and quickness of
apprehension, this amiable young lady
united a sweetness of disposition, auimsL-
tion, and chearfiilness,' which made ber a
general favourite with all who knew ber.
The weakness occasioned by a violent
bilious fever, from which, however, sbe
was recovering, brought on the premature
delivery of her third child, and she was
hastily torn from the arms of her affec-
tionate husband, who, with two infant
children, lives to deplore tbe loss of one
not more beloved in life than lamented in
her death.
Nov, 7. Mrs. Maria Litchfield Pede^^
sen (born Scott), wife of Peter Pedeiieu»
esq. his Danish Majesty's Charge d' Af-
faires and Consul General to the United
■
States. She was a natiVe of North America.
Dec. 24. In his 74th year, Rev. Jojin
Wynter, rector of Tyrinj^ham <'.um Fil-
grave. Rucks, and of Exhall, co. Warwick.
During the course of a long and au unim-
peached life, his mind was directed by
uusullied uprightness, and his concluct
guided by tbe most rigid integrity. The
truly
bf lODie of the Qnt people in tb>> coiin-
trj, tiha eslwmed her for he> food seoie,
and tbe |inq>riety of her ootnluei. a> well
Bi for her ikill *nii (aite id ihe Pme Am.
Tbe 'ife of Tbomaa Coiitti, eiq. ban-
ker, moUiM of Ihe MaTcbioDHt of But(,
the Coiiautt of Guildford, and Lad; Bur-
In New OiMond-Btreet, Bgeil 10, Mrs.
AppleyBrd,iiidoitof1be late R<ibertA.t>q.
in Broad -street* buiidingt, aged 8^,
John NnU, «q.
Aged 59, Pbmbe, nife of J. J. Bing,
eiq. of Manavll.B[rci>l, Gwxlmin'i' fit' till.
Id Soiilb-ilreel, aged 19, Mitt Sandford
Dropped domi, nhilit pninj to CoTent-
fardrii Theatrr, inJ iiistanilr expired,
l»<ring ■ wife and large family, CapU
AnrlreirSigney, of ttie Havk packel, Lon-
EDsigD Ertoard Maguire, 6lh West-In-
dia regt- «»> of tbe iate Chadea Magoire,
of Cork.
At Cbelxa, Honour, wife of Rev. John
At Paddingtoo, John Hardmao, e>q.
Isle oF Manchester.
At Cbeitsey , Hri. Olitcr YoDDg, tistw
'•rSirWm. Yonog. bart.
GiKT. Mao, Jaaaan/, 1B13.
At Plymoutii, J. J. Smith, «*q. an emi-
neni aurgeon.
At SidmoDlh, id hit Uth year. Win.
Long Oienham, eaq. of NEwbouie, p<M-
county, whiuh deacand lo bia uaphew
John AcLland, esq. of FairOeld, Somerset.
Ai Bimitaple, agtti 9B, Lieut, -cokiael
Cockburn.
At DartoMui^i, Harriet, ooly rcmainiag
child of George Porter, atq, comptroller of
Al Culyton, JohD SampioD, ciq. a ma-
giitrale fbr the county.
Rer. Benedict Periog, of AliMagtpa,
recuir of ibt united pansbei of St. Mary
Arches and St. Oiave, Exeter.
AIWhilely,DearLifton,agedT!t, Lieut.* '
col. Thnmaa Wooicombe, formerly of tb«
At .Blindfbrd, Mn. Saragc, reHct <4
Francia Saiage, esc). of IrelsDd, aad
daughter of the late Cbarlea Domrlle, eiq,
Sanlry-bmwa, Dublin.
Ai'ihtm.— At Slocfcton, Jamet Walkar,
eH). one of tbe ■Idangaen of that eorpo-
12
90 Obituary; with Anecdotes of remarkable PersonSk [JaV.
J?»tfV.— At Chelmsford, aged 72, Rev.
W. Cooper.
At Harwich, Capt. Wm. Haggis, a ca-
pital burgess, and formedy commander
of the Argus rerenue-cutter, of ibat port.
At Boreham, Thomas Alien, esq. many
3rears clerk to the magistrates of the divi-
sion of Witham.
Jane Elizabeth, wife of Rer. Thomas
Raines, ofHalstead.
Gloucestershire. "-^kt Gioncester, iu his
84th year, Giles (Jrecn'<way, esq. one of
the senior aldermen, and many years
chamberlain of that corporation.
Aged 61, Mr. B Villiers, Hate master
of Sir Thomas Rich's Blue School Hospi-
tal, Gloucester.
At Cheltenham, aged 60, the wife of
Major Grabham.
Ai Bristol, aged 32, the wife of Lieut.-
col. Lomax.
Hants, — At Portsmouth, John Reay,
esq. barrack-master at Port Cumberland.
He was an emment pattern of unaffected
piety and true, benevolence.
At Portsmouth, Capt. Nash, barrack-
liiaster.
At Clay field, near Southampton, Charles
Macketf, esq.
Urania Catherine Camilla, wife of Rev.
'Henry Wake, rector of Over W allop.
At Bursledon, aged 54, John Tyson,
esq. some years ship-builder at that
yard, and formerly clerk of the survey at
Woolwich.
At St. Cross, aged 21, Diana, third
daughter of Rev. Wm. Rawlins, M.A. rec-
tor of Tevemal, Nntrs.
Herefvtdshne* — A« Hereford, Mr. Henry
Jones, soliiciior; who has bequeathed le-
^ctes to a considtrrable amount to cha-
ritable institutions.
At Huntington, Mr John Lund, late of
York, a very ingenious man, who in 1777
was appointed by a society of gentlemen
to inspect the turnery-manufactories at
Nuremberg, in Germany,' and on bis re-
turn was presented with the freedom of
York.
Kent. — At Canterbury, George Frazer,
esq. paymaster of 2d batt. 9th reg.
At Rochester, I. Nightingale, esq. col-
lector <of the customs.
At Biddenham, R. Beale, esq. farmer.
Lancashire. — At Liverpool, Hannah,
~ wife of Capt Simon Mounsdon. .
At Liverpool, aged 64, Maj. M'Kenzie.
At Le>ps c House, near Liverpool, aged
61, Wm. P<'wnall, esq. some years. part-
ner in a manufacluriog house in tjie pot-
teries.
At Manchester, aged 33, John Close
Townsend, esq. eldest son of the late Wm.
T. e«>q. of Ardwick-place.
At Manchester, Caroline Worsley,
youngest daughter of Col. Silvester.
At Lt-ylaod, Juhn Ainsworth, esq; for-
merly of Preslfopi solicitor.
Leicestershire, — At Leicester, aged 70,
Mr. John Moore, of London. He arrived
with a view, as be said, of ending bis days
wHh his twe sons and son-in-law, residcal
at Leicester. On leaving the coach ht
appeared severely indiiiposed, andexpirfd
in about four hours. Mr. Raiket, of
Gloucester, has generally been considered
as the first person who engaged in the
praiseworthy undertakmg of establisbioi^
Sunday-schools, in 1784 : but it is known
thai Mr. Moore devoted bis Sundays to
the instruction of the poui children of Lei-
cester, in reading and writing so far back
as 1778. He had a turn fur literature,
and had devoted his leisure hoars to tbe
composition of various reli.eious tracts,
which were found in his trunk in an un-
finished state, and which as it appeared,
he had made airangeuiei.ts tor revising and
completing m his reuTement.
At Uiverscrofi Abbey, Charnwood Fo-
rest, at an advanced age, 'Mrs. Ritby,
Qi'ither of Thomas Roby Burgin, esq.
lAncoln$hire.^—W. Stamford, aged 57,
John Pepper, gent, many years steward to
the latf and present maiquis of Exeter.
Ai Louih, aged 45, Mr. Geurge L'Oste,
son of the late Frederick L'Osie, esq. fie
had laiely returned from a uioe-yeara cap-
tivity in France.
Ar Louth, aged 79. ^V»n. Hyde, gent'
At Bobton, aged 80, Thomas Jarvis,
esq. many years resuient at Bicker.
At Gainsborough, aged 30. Joanna, wife
of John Campbell Flint. M. D. uf Retford.
At rh»^ddtethorpe, aged 61, Rev. Tho-
mas Taylor.
Nurfolk.^ki Norwirb, ag«»d 74, Mrf^
Eiwin, lelict >>Th<*s. Eiwin 4>sq.
Aged 83, Mrs. Hamond, relict df Riev.
Dr. Hamond, prebendary of Norwich Ca-
thedral.
At Holt Mr. W. B. Smith, son of tbe
late and brother of the present rector of
that place, and partner in the find of Say
and SoiHh, Mauch^stei.
At Aldboroiigh, aged 65, John Gay,
esq. many years an active magistrate for
the county.
At Harleston, agerl 76« Harriet, relict
of Maurice Dreyer, gent, of London, only
daughter of Wm. Hale, esq. late of Bun-
gay.
Northumberland.'- At North Shields, Mr.
George Brown, a mau of considerable
literal y attaiuiuents.
Notts.-^Ax. Bramcote, dged 85, Samuel
Aisiab4e, esq. late agent to Lt>rd Middle^
ton
Salop.'-'At Shrewsbury, aged 531, Va-
lentine Vickers, esq. of Cranniere, whose
superior attainments, united with extraor-
dinary perseverance in business, render
his death a public loss.
At Ludlow, in his 75th year, M. Donne,
M. D. of Gately Park, co. Hereford.
Th«
auf. a Dutcb merchant.
At Brighton, Jamn Blair, »q. brother
of Ibe laic Dr. Blair, And Uu partner in
the bouse at Blair, Napier, tad Co.
CharleitOD, SonUi Cucolina.
At Rattan. >g«<l 16. CharloUe, rl'le^t
daughter of Inijo Thomas, nq.
fyvviicishire.— At Bircnin^l^sin, I^uia,
third daughierof Georfe Male, M.O.
At Erdinglon-cottage, ihc midence of
bii brother- ia-1a« Mr. Paul, of Birming-
liaiD, aged 41, Alexander Millar, aq.
htc of Jamaica.
At Biahapitroir, Mrs. Eyre, relict of
Dr. Eyre, late minitlerof Wily.
or ao apopleclic teizfire, John Heath,
■M). banker and attorney, ol Chippenbam.
At CorabaiD, aged it, Mr. Henry Poole,
IVorctittrshke. — At Worcester, ajted
SO, Mn. Margaret Jsckion, eldest daugh-
ter of the late William Bacbc, «jq. of
Cardtey-ball, Sta&inl.
At lagbircbworth, uear Peai«laDe, aged
S6, Mr. Jobn Camoi. «ha baa left \WI.
to Ibe Sheffield Cbarity-tcbnol.
Walei.— Al Beaumarit, Ite*. Tbos. E.
.Owes, rector of Llaodyfrydog, Angleiea,
of iibich county he was many year* an
able, acii»e, and upright magnlrate.
At Iteaumari), Mrs. Williams, relict of
Ker. Richard Williaaii, of Eodafax, An'
glesea, »nd late rector of LI anrbydd lad-
Aged S3, JoMph Daciea.eiq. of Ssaniea.
At Coroiit-hali, co. Flint, aged i2, R<«*r
£lli>, efn- high iheiiff (if the county.
At Bala, aged 60, Mrs. Charles, relict
of Rer. Tbumat Charles (lee volume
LXXXIV. Part 11. p. 500). She had,
for ihe last 30 yean, carried on nn
eKiensive business, from vbidi ihe latelr
retirc'J, aficr realizing an iodependence ;
and it irat by the industry of ibii ei-
ceMeat woman that Mr. Cliarl
l>^d t
ilously. ,
'ial laboiin
1 Narlh and Soutl^
9% Obituary ; with Anecdotes of remarkable Persona^ [Jao*
of Admiral Haxoke, from his havbg evinced
nach gallantry ia several of that renowned
Commander's engagement^, and being su-
perlatively proud of his laurels. He con-
tinued some time in the service of his
King and Country^ during the present
reign ; was the oldest inhabitant and bur>
gess of Aberystwith ; and, notwithstand-
ing his age and loss of sight, attended and
voted at the last election for Cardigan.
In his 68ih year, William Morgan^ esq.
of Growan, naar Merthyr TidviHe.
Rev. John Lloyd, of Brunant, parish
of Cayo, CO. Carmarthen ; a trul^ bene-
volent and estimable character.
Scotland. -» At Edinburgh, William
Toulis, esq. sen. of Woodhall.
At Greenock, aged 81, J6hn Buchanan,
esq. merchant, formerly one of the magi*
strates of that town.
At Elgin, aged 83, Rev^ John Grant,
one of the ministers of that place.
At Colmonell, in his 89tb year, and
56th of his ministry, Rey. James ^ochrie.
At Stobo-castle, Lady Elizabeth Mont-
fomery.
At Htlloa-house, aged 49, Lieut-col^
Alexander DeaSf of Hilton.
At Burntfield Links, aged S9, Capt.
John Simpson, 27th foot.
At Kilmarnock, Sir David M. Cunning-
hame, bart.
At Seabank-housel'y Robert R. Cunning-
kame, esq. of Auchenharvie.
lasLAHD. — At Ballyre, Cork, the wife
of Crofton Uniacke, esq.
At Garadice, Leitrim, W. P. Percy, esq.
At Guernsey, on his return from Spain,
Major George Thompson, R. A. nephew
of Mr. W. Thompson, of Birmingham.
Abroad. >— At Paris, M. Parmentier,
the celebrated French chemist 4 an inde-
fatigable contributor to the AnnaUs <U
Chimie,
At Paris, Mrs. J. L. Bclasyse, widow of
Hon. T. Belasyse, brother to Viscount
Fauconberg.
At Paris, M. Delille, the most distin*
fuished poetical author France has yet
produced; and, although the eulogium
which his successor has passed on his va-
ned and unrivalled talents ts highly co-
loured, it may be read without any por-
tion of that disgust which arises, on all
other occasions, from a perusal of the
txuberance of French adulation. M. Cam-
penon, after condoling with the Class on
the loss of so great a poet, gives a history
4ti his literary efforts. From this it ap-
pears, "that, attracted by the beauties
of the immortal Virgil, he attempted, at
an early age, to translate the Georgics
into French verse 3 in which he so com-
pletely succeeded, that the whole host of
French Critics of that day combined to
mn him down ; but they could only blame
him for following his original with exceg'
jstve fivleliis:. and with addms ^ ^ Sftciri^
legions embellishments. This trapslalioD
drew from Frederick the Great the. follow-
ing remarkable expression : that it w^9
the most original woik which bad ap-
peared in France for a long lime. Thitf
work, which is considered as his ch^
d'teuvrej was written while he was pursu-
ing his studies at the University ; and ifc
was afterwards adopted by thi^t Eatabl^h-
ment as the only translation which seemed
to prove the affinity between ibe two lan-
guages. His siudy of, and partiality to,
Virgil, gave him the idea of writing a
counterpart to the * Georgics,' under the
title * Les JardinsJ* ViigiPs great effort
was adapted to the simplicity of the an-
tique taste and primitive manners; but
Delille endeavoured to introduce in hit
*Jardins* all the luxuries of modern civi-
lization. He wished to connect grandeur
and opulence with a taste for those simplf
pleasures which tond to the embeilishmeiit
of a country residence. This poem ia a»>
serted to have led to the abolishing of
that unnatural symmetry which prevailed
in the laying-out of French estates, and
the introducing of romantic parks, similar
to those which embellish the landed pro*
perty of the English. He afterwards, at
rather an advanced period of life, tranf-
lated the iEneid, by which his former
well-earned fame was by no means deto-
riorated. His * Hommet des Champs* waa
written after he had visited antient Greecf^
and seen, from Constantinople, the moat
magni6cent prospectswhich Nature offerp
to the aight of man. For many years he
occupied his leisure in writing a variety of
poems, all of which acquir^l a deserved
celebrity ; but the work which, in the Uls-
ter periods of his career, made the most
noise in France, was a translation of A^iV
ton's * Paradise Lost,' of which our Coun-
try has become so proud, ever since sbf
was enabled to discover its transcendenl
merits. In this attempt, JDelille is gene-
rally considered to be a free imitator Of
an unequal but unparalleled model."-*
His other principal poems were—** Inqui^
silion," *' Pity," ** Conversation," and
"The Three Kingdoms of Nature." Like
most other Authors, however, he appeara
to hare left his posterity nothing bu( h«i
writings ; which, as his Eulogist justly
observes, « Death cannot destroy, no?
Time annihilate."
In the South of France, Mrs. Devine«»
of May.fair, who has left 60.000/. to a
gentleman not very nearly related to her<
About seven years ago, having received a
letter from her nephew, an officer in th^
Army, condoling with her on her illness,
supposed to be dangerous, and which be
attributed to old age, she cancelied her
will, in which he was made l^ir, aad h»
is now cut off with a legacy ofSOO^t,
At Blois, France, the wtfe of Ca^t Qet«
jamin Waikeri It. N.
AX
MiKWlratea, whidi offices he filled witb
grew t«fpecttbilitf. and ^delliy.
Jane, w,fe of Mr. H. Fitzpatrlck, Dublin.
Jan. i. In Brunswick - iquare, Janie*
Morilet, eiq.
In bPT B24 year, Mr*. Bingler, of Ta-
At Deomirk-bill, F. Gree-i, esq.
In her 6Qih year, Ura. Dabc&e, of
Tale-place, Uammertmith,
At Bow, near Cariiile, aged 61, Lydia,
wife of John Parker, etq. who lived lu >ee
aeren generi ■ '" - ' - ■- --
: bl-furfl
i Ihrei
vbat u more singular, ii appears thai (he
name oF Jolm Norman haa been unirersal
in berbmily ; her father's name wag John
Parker); her son, grandson, and ^reat
graiidion, sere named John Norman :
Ibe lact four are all liTing.
Al Parnham, the Mom noble William
John Kerr. Marquis and Earl of Lolhian,
Eut of Ancnira, K. T &e. fco. His
L(ird8hl(> was bi.rn in 1737, and is suc-
ceeded by hil eldest son, William, Earl
of Aiicraai. He was one of itae oldeH
generals ia ibe Armf , and by his decease
tbe catsadcy sf the 3d Dragoons, or
Scotch Gr«f 3, aa wdl as a gieea ribbon,
in America, Juae SI, nSO, and wif cre-
ated a Bamnet Feb. 33, IBOG. He mar-
ried first, M a Tj' -Catharine, ooIt child lud
beir oi the Re>. Theobald Micbell, of
Horsham, in Sussex j and lecondly, EIU
kabeth Jane Sidnev, only dangliler sod
beire^a of William Perv, of Penshurst, in
Kent, esq. by bath of nliniii he had issue.
By the fir.t lady, be bait Halea, married
to Robert Parker, of Maid^tuoa. in Kent,
eii). ; Mary Catharine, who died nuinar-
rird i and Timiilhy (who aucceedi to Ibt
title), bom Sepiember HJS, M. P. for
Ne.i'-Shoreham, in Sussex, who tnarried,
October l-lBl, Eliiabelb, daughter of
Charles Pilfold, of Effingham, in Surrey,
gent, by whom be bis Percy-Byasha, Eli-
zabeth, Hellen, died yuun;; Mary, H<t-
len, Margaret, and Juhn. — By nia seconi]
lady, Sir By sa he had, 1. Arritna, wife oT
Francis Aicken, esq. captain of the 5tb
Dragoon Gnirds ; 2, Juhn, of Penihurtt.
esq. who took the name of Sidney, bi heir
to his nioLber, and married Henrietta-
Frances, seventh duightar of the la(e Sir
Henry Himtoke, of Wingerworth, in Der-
byshire, hart, by whom he ha* fiuiily-
Elizabeih, and Phil^i-Chartei i 3. Eliza-
Jane-Caroline, wife of the Kct. Joseph
Harrii.
Ohituary. — Meteorological Diary.
fJaft.
Uurii, of Turvilc, in Buchi ; 4. Philip,
*ha died Bom&riiedj 5. Percf-JohD, died
5DUd|;; 6. Roben, oplain of ihe Welt.
lent militi* ; 1. Algernoiin-Uyiiibe, died
^ung. — Tbii family is sF hi^h antiquily
ki the couniy nC Suaieii, and ia descended
hy tlie female fniDi WiilJao) tbe Cooque-
tor. Sir BysilM aas Ehe boq of Timolby,
Mtn of Jobn, IDD of Timutby, sua of John,
aon of Richard, Ihird son of Henry Shel-
ley, of Wonnmgburtl, in Sussex, esq. ;
An. 12. At
1 CUpbim-
'nber76Lb
. . if Tb™. J
Mq. laic Keeper of tbe Records in the
Tover of, London, and daoghter of the
Rev. Philip Motanl, Ihe learned His-
loriau of Esse v. Few people hare
passed ibrough life more generally re-
ipecied and eileemed, ai the oNmerous
and lasiing friendships ■hicb she enjoyed
(inply leitify. Her conduct in her ovn
family vae >o unexceptionable on all oc-
casions, that Ihe only coolest >eeaied to
be, «ho ibould ierre her best and lore
nay be truly aaid never Id
bate I
Ihey w
td of her
r of tl
iciety.
An. 14,
ioCornoall, Rev. Char! ea May son, D.D.
rector of Lezant, aiid formerly fellow of
Wadbaoi college. Oxford. His clear and
visoroui nndentanding, his infleiible in-
tegrity, and his ardent deiire to promote
}be public gnud, rendered him an able
•nd >cti*e oagiEtrale. As a' neighbour,
he vBi kind and hospitable j at a friend.
lealoua and conitant j as K Cbratian mi-
nistrr, pious and diti^nC, withoai enthu-
siasm or ostentation. In upholding tba
welfare of the C'horcb and State, keibnHik
frtnn no difficulty, aad sought no conoeal-
tiously held, he fearlessly ayowed and
strenuously maintained, leaving an ex-
ample most worthy of imitation in tbaa*
days of affected candour and ■porioii*
Vol. LXXXIV. Part ii. p. i07. ArOtttr
Philip (1101 PbillipO. vics-adminl of t)i«
red, was the ion of Jacob Fhillip, m
native of Fnncfort, who lelilad in Bog-
land, and maintained bis family by teaob-
ing language*. Hia mother wai an Bif.
October
Ha <
ITSB, entered the pwal
1755,
tenant in 1769. During tbe Peace of -
1763, he was in the Portogueae service, '
wbiub he quitted in 177Bj and, in tb«
year following, he wai made mait«r
and commander ; and post captain >■
178], when be wai-appointed to tbe Ba-
rope, a 60 gon ship, m which be wai *e<
tively employed in lb* Indian Seat. Oa
bis return to England, he was appointed
commodore lo tbe little squadron which
took out tbe Convii,<ta to Botany Bay, of
which Settlement he waa the first govor-
Bor, where be retDained until 1799. Sinca
bis return lo hii native Country, he bw
chiefly lived in retirement, Grai at Ly-
mington, and afterwards at and near Ba^,
where he died, witbwut issue, having been
twice married. He was successively pn>.
mated lo the rank of rear-adminl of Ite
Mbtbobological Table for January, 1S15. By W. Cart, Strand.
Height of PahreDhi Height of Fahrenheit'* ThemMiietcr.
PKICE OF FLOUR, pet Sack, J»nii»iy 23: 5ii. U. 60i.
RETURN OF WHRAT, in Mark Liine, inclu.ling only frum Jan. 9 to Jan. 14;
Total 7,386 Quarters. Average 60j. 6irf.— 5«. lOfrf. lower thai) latt R«tU[D.
OATMEAL, per llall ol iAQ\bs. Avoirdupoia, Jan. 3L, Sis. 2d.
AVERAQK PRICE of SUGAR, Jan. 25, 7Ji. Ijrf,
PRICE OF HOPS, IN THE BOROUGH MARKET, January 23:
Kent Bags 5/. lOi. If> 8/. ISi. I Kent PockeU 61. lOi. to 91. 9,
Snsaex Uiilo 5/. Si. to 7(. lOi. Su-«ex Uiuo ,„ 6/. 4i. lo SI Oi!
Ea^a Ditto 11. Oi. 10 »;. lOi. I Fatnham Ditto IQl. I),, to 13t Oj,
AVERAGE PRICE OP HAY AND STRAW, January 83:
St Jsmea's.Hay il.5s. Straw W. ]3i. &J.— Whitechapel, Hay iL I61. Od. .'ilraw 1/. ]6t.M
CloTer 61. I6s. 6i— Smitbfieid, Hay */, i4i. Srf. Straw II. I li, Oi Oover 61. 5$.
SMITHFIELD, January 23 Tn link the Offal— per Stone of 8Iba.
Beef **- ** '" 6'- *rf' I IJ"n<» .-....., none.
Muitou ^ i'- Od, to 61, 6<l- Head of Catrlfl^t Market Jao. 9;
Veal 6s. 0.1. to 81. id. Beasts about 1,970 Cal*e< 105.
Pork 5'- 9rf- to 6j, W. j Sheep l?,Ml). Pigi 320
COAE). January 25: Newcastle 45. Orf,— 56. 3^ Sunilerrand 39i. Orf.— 49i. ftt
!^>AP. VcHow. !)4i. Mottled lU4i. Curd lOSi. CANDLES, 14<.0if. perlJoi. Houldi 15^. 6d.
TALLOW, pFi Stone, alb. St. Janui't V U. Clara Harkat Of. Od. WUtrchapd Si. 3jd.
[ 96 1
THt AVERAGE FRrCKS at Naticaile Canal Srakii and oilier F>er»TT, iU
Jan. 1815 (to Lhe 96l)i), at the OfDte of Mr. Scott, 38, New Diidge-ilrMt, LODdOD—
Monmrniih Canal, 1I3JI. ci dmilend 10/. clear —QramlJaDction, 3!I(U. 3S3f. e> half
Cr'ii diVKlriid 31. lUi. cleat.— Old Uniaa, 13!t. 1331. m half ]>ear>a dividend 21—
bdale, 5S;.— Kenael and Avail 3t^— Blleimei'^, 83f.— Grand Surrey Option*! .
Loan, B6L per cenl.— CrordoD. 13'. 5i.— Wrsl India Dock, I56f. leuj. « diTidand SL
bair year.— Loiidun Dit'o, SOL 921. ex dlririmcl 9/. lOj. half year clBar.-^Impeiial, SOL ■
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Mr. UftB^N, Feb. 11.
FINDING from Mr. BeUhatn*i
second Paper in your Magazine,
that he bad a third in re«er¥e for your
^pplement, 1 have waited fur the
pierttsai of ib contents, before I tent
j]iHi any reply to hris answer to mj
- Addreis. Of this last production I
vUl only say at present, that, in re-
toni for your indulgence, he should
baye sent you something with the
fraoe of novelty to recommend it.
Dt this is nothing but a re»rechai^e
(if 1 may be allowed to coin a word
' lor the occasion) of what he first
included io his Calm Inquiry, and af**
terwardf in bis Claims of Or Priestley i
' iwd, fostead of being a Review df
JBp. Hartley » Controversy with Dr.
^HesUey^ is an imperfect and unfair
' ttatemeot of a single fragment of the
cotitroversy. But of this more here-
after. At present 1 shall advert only
to his reply to my Address, which is
na answer to it, but a mere re-asser-
tion of his opinion of Bishop Horsley's
defeat, as he calU it, and a re-statcd
•ammary of the Bishop's reasons for
the existence of an orthodox Uebrew
Church at ^lia in the time of Adrian,
without any attempt to disprove the
existence or the orthodoxy ot the
Hebrew Church. He leaves to his
Postscript^ what ought to have been
the chief subject of his Paper. And
even there, instead of expiaioing why
the Jews could not answer our Savi-
our's question, he gives a very insuf-
ficient answer of his own; which is no
reply to me, because it does not ac-
count for the silence of the Jews.
An impartial solution of their diffi-
culty would have shewn why the
question respecting Christ, ** whose
Son is he?" is not a plain matter of
£sict. But I need not say more here,
as I have given a full account of the
defects of Mr. Belsham's answer, in a
Second Address to Persons calling
themselves Unitarians.
* yours, &c. T. St. David's.
Mr. Urban, JF^p^. II..
SEVERAL Correspondents who
have lately favoured you with
observations on what are called the
Imprecatory .Psalms, or others who
have scruples concerning the use of
these Psalms, would fiud their ac-
count, I think, in consulting a letter
of the late Dr. Townson on the sub-
ject, printed in his Life, p. Izxi. The
letter was addressed to a living orna-
ment of the Peerage. The leamed
Author regards these Psalms as eitber
monitory or prophetic ; and obseryef,
that the three most remarkable ' of
this sort, thexxxvth. Izixth. and cixtb*
nay on the best grounds (as he shews)
be considered as prophetic. I will onlj
add, that when St. Peter cites twor
clauses of these Psalms, as fulfilled In
the case of Judas, apd cites them ia
the imperative form, *' Let his habi-
tation be desolate,'* '* His Bishopric
let another take," Acts i. 20. this
does not seem to favour the hypothe-
sis of tho8ecritics,who would frans/i?^
them in iUefuture^ however justifia
ble they may be in understanding
them as equivalent to the future^ or
predictive of impending evils.
Yours, &c. R. C.
Mr. Urban, Feb. IS.
THERE is a material omission in
(he introductory description of
the Prayer, p. 37. b. It should have
been called, ** A Morning Prayer for
youn^ people of ail classes and de-
scriptions, except Christians,''^ There
is no acknowledgment of 527z in it, no
petition for pardon^ no mention of
that name in which Christians are
commanded to pray. It is introduced
under the signature B, and perhaps
comes from the Essex-street school.
It is clearly fit only for, and excusable
in, those who never heard of Christ,
or those who have rejected him, and
say, " We will not have this man for
our Lord and Advocate.'* R. C.
Mr»
100
Essay 6n Punning.
[Feb.
Mr. Urbaw, Feb. 15.
COMMON as the thin^j i«, there
are few subjects which stand in
greater need of illustration thaa that
of PuNiriNG; which I will endeavour,
through the medium of your publi-
cation, to elucidate.
Some are proud oi punning; others
affect, or have worked themselves up
to such a contempt of it, that they
lose their patience when it is attempt-
ed, and bestow the overflowings of
their scorn, not always unmixed with
hatred, on the unhappy Punster.
Both are perfectly wt-ong. What
then is it ? Is it wit ? Certainly not.
Is it stupidity ? As clearly not. What
then is it ? In one word, it is playing
the fool, " Dulce eU desipere in
ioeoy* it is delightful to be foolish at
fit times: so thinks the witty man,
and does it for his own amusement ;
but he times it welly and he amuses
others also. U is a fine thing to do
any thing which a witty man does;
id thinks the dull mai, and he labours
lo pun: but he does it right or
wrong, without discerning th6 time,
and he puts people out of patience,
and out of humour. Nothing can
Ibc more correct than the following
distinction, which I have often tried
to inculcate, but without much effect,
because the ground of it was not
rightly understood : ** A dull man
0»pirts to pun ; a witty man conde-
scends to do it." But, as the latter
does every thing with more ease than
the other, so he puns with lightness
a()d grace. As he knows the real
Talne of the thing, which is none, so
he lays no stress upon it; he calls no
attention to it ; be does not eyep de-
sire a laugh. If it tak^, — well : it is
•o much added to the gaiety and good
buroour of the company. If it miss,
there is no loss; unless any one be
Jtupid enough to notice it, and to cry
out, <' Oh, how bad !** which is much
more stupid than making the worst
of punt.
A witty man may be intemperate
ia his puns ; be may not distinguish
the proper times,, and in that case he
will appear exactly like a dull man.
But why ? Not from any fault in the
thing itself, but from its being ill-
timed. Who would dance the rope
At a funeral, or play monkey-tricks
10 a Coinraittee on the State of the
Nation ? Punning if playing the fool.
It if applying words according to
their sound, instead of their roeanibg,
or rather, as well as their meaning.
It is turning them wrong side up«
vizards and viewing them in a strange
light. But it is a kind of antick which
is uatural to the witty man. He can
do. much better things,, bat he does
this too; from a redundancy of good
humour, which he wishes to commu-
nicate. Was there ever a wittier ipaa
than Swift ? Yet who punned mpre ?
Cicero punned beyond all boundii of
discretion : but the roan who' should
call him stupid, would have much
more courage than discretion. t*be
wittiest man now living, whose name
is currently put to all the ^ood thingf
that are said, puns abundantly : but
it is only his small change; he has
much better thingf for higher oc-
casions.
There may be met) of so much dig-
nity of wit, that they never stoop to
a pun. They have sources of an^nse-
ment without it, for themselves and
friends. Very well. No one demands
it of them. But, as good humour ill
more attractive than dignity, perbapt
they would be more beloved if the j
did sometimes condescend. There are
few who do not, however exalted may
be their talents. Those few may-,
perhaps, have taken up the false \Aek
that punning is stupid, which this
Essay is intended to cure.
It is this idea of punning^ as hthug
a mode of playing the fodl^ wbicti ac-
counts for the obvious fact, that it ii,
almoft alwlajrs, a proof of goi>dspiKiti
and good humour: for who would
play the fool, to amuse his frfends, ub-
d^r any other circumstances } Heocie
also it is, that a punning epigram ii
generally inferior to any other. For
what is formed into an epigram has
been the subject of thought and cobv
sideration; and who would serioHsfy
consider how to play the fool ? Yet
there are puns so wfahnsical, and td
unexpected, that they are anhMfia^
even when written down. As i* tM
old epigram :
Tom prais'd his friend, who cbang'd bli
For binding fast himself and Kate [state.
In union so divine.
<' Wedlock 's the end of life," be cried ;
^ Too true, alas!'* said Jack, and sigh'd*
« 'twill be ibe ebd of mhier
Was it a stupid man, think you, who
made that epigram ? He would be
much more stupid who should affiri^
it. Yet clearly ii is a pun. This also«
o*
1815.] Essa^ on Punning.—
«n Dr. Trapfi^ Trtaetatioii of Virjril t
Mind but tby prFaching.Trappi traiislatc
»a fntiher: [murder!"
Is it uut nrrillen, "Tbau ebalt du uv
Orthi>,
What wdiiden brave Hanke and Hot-
Pinven have done, [the Sun*.
When thai hurut(A>Or;«nn, and Ihn sunk
But there iruuld be no end of (luot-
ing e pig rami, from all laneatt^tf,
founded on puu.4. The rollowiDjr, by
OneD, ha% ever borue the teat of
iranslatioo i
Cumutum tc,Comeli,9ciB esse.taiesqiie:
Non Cniieliutes tu iDudu, sed TbciMu.
1 do not remember the nbole of the
IrantlaCion, but it end*,
■ " but be'j Ciirneliut TaeUvi."
So the Terj similar one, on old Phile-
nott Holland's perseverance in UaD»-
laliog :
P£i'eD>Mt with translations doei 9ofiU ui,
' He will not lee Saetmira be tranqaiUat,
It ia necenarj, Indeed, to know
■ometbing of Latin, even lo iinder-
aUod theae £ptgrami in Bngliflh. Yet
duel any one fail tbein slnpid, and
«i8h the; bad never been written f I
coTf biffl not: except fur thinking
hiinielf M^iie ; which, with lo Tcry
little foiindution fur it, ■* wonderful !
Here rheo I shall cliise mj Eisay :
it) which the things to be remembered,
for the sake of correcting the ideas of
the world on (he subject, are nnlj
these: " Uiat Punninff is playing the
fool i" and that, therefore, " nnile a.
wife man coadesce-ads lo pun, a foolish
■" Crepumlift Literaria." lOl
[980^ aiftrmatB (pedal], nomtn ^fM
in montibu* piritntnlem. Cumptrat
£eiitleins Anton. Eiiigr. cv. .
Dura dnbitat Natura marem hceretn*
pncllain,
Paciua es, Ol pulcher, pen£ pudla.
D to do
. T.
riiiium ifiiiui AnacreonlU fragmeil-
tnm, servatum a|>ud Atheti. xrii. |h
5114. edit. Ca'aubon. quodque, ut
mthi' iidelUT, uimm cum perpaucia
aliij, ex omnibut puiimatibui, quM
sub Anacrcoutis nomine eireumfcr-
ri lolenl, geuuinum eat >c iinc«-
rum. Totuu locum cxacrilnm. *a
x»r, iraffliiioi |S>.iV«i, AifapH ft, av
n(»;i^iu'»(. 0 ! puer, virgiiietttn tueiu,
te quxpto, tu veri non aiutullaii
paraiu conscius te tnimce 'mtie franm
maiterari. HocffofS""* ^XiV«n ipsuoi
illud ert BfifflrXut. Pro Tulgatft t«
(ftn; fv;(irf icripsi, Icvi mutsttooe, t^p
ifiiji l'u;t'i'' i "t postulat ratio gram-
matica : ^'isx'"'" enim, tuai lehemeiv-
ler erro, nou nisi cum accuiative r»
pcritur. Sic ia Antholog. edit. H.
&leph. p. 3T0- TiTfOTTopOK iiitri wi-
Ai>, 0iodu|»{, lyi'ifai;, 'Afio; itrrt ^oXi*
X*l TlTfKTOt BHOX-"-'*- Orphic. TIl!D-
<";> cl, qnod
pliiris raoineiiti esl,>ivis;^fu apudAri*-
toph. Vesp. 102d. G-Jx. d7AoT^t^>, bA^'
BBilfi Mnto-Si o-rofiKS' mmx^a-af. He-
rodot. iv. ^ 193. nj yuvarxif tmoxiw
F.leganter hoc fragmenlum nnmo-
Tia Aoglicii eijiressit vir doctusM. K*
{Ciait. Jaurn. Vol. IV. p. 303.)
^•*et boy, a very girl to view,
' have 1 spread my toili for you,
you elnde my art;
>l)i>t. will not understand,
U reins are in your hand,
TBullate my heart.
Ill Kfcrunt hodiemi quidam,
jti» '' •lem tigiiificavit quod
- "MB quod u'a{, quamr
■id 01 flufioy KoiTtSm,
.Uut tatind reddidit
A»n»i HocrespicU
^i hKreat pileui.
pSetit, inquit vatet
t'. 9e& DOD lemper at
apud Eiiripidem
102 " Crepundia Literaria." — Latin Letter n/" Addison. [Febi
poesis pictnra est. Multa sunt, quae
optimc quidem exprimantur carmi-
Dibusj penicillo non item. Adeas,
lector, 81 placet, Cookianse editiouis
pbemalum Addisuniaiiorum p. 88.
Tabularii conteiiipi:ire. Quovis pi(^-
nore contenderim hanc illani ipsam
esse Afram, cujus de manmiis talisque
tarn bcili^ cecinit Marlialitf (Epigr. i.
101). Dii me eradicent, si talis Invi-
dias fi^ura unquam impressa fuerit
ID aniiuo scriptoris ! Q,uud ad te atli-
net, pictor, uon possum cum Nubili
tiro Durselio non exciamare ;
For tby dull fancy a muckcuder is fit.
To wipe the slabb'riiigs of tby snotty wit.
4. Hpfgrnmma ex Boileavio
Jnglive redditum.
One clork, two watches, dials three.
Stand proofs of Lubin*s industry ;
But these have cost the hapless wight
Full thirty years of long daylight.
What profit ? does this timepiece-miser •
Than other f«lks grow one whit wiser?
Yes ; that he does, — in all Pall Mall
There's not a man knows time so well.
5. Erravit,qui dixit in Epheraenide
Classic^ (Num. xviii. p. 346.) nullum
prorsussolutjc orationis specimen ex-
tare ab Addisono conBcriptum, prater
Tentamen de Poelis liomanU Etegia-
€18 illicloci datum. £xstat praetere4
Epistola Latina ad Uonoratissimum
-virum Carolum Montague, poslilii
Comitem de Halifax. *' Cum tanta
auribus tuts obstrepat vatum nequissU
morum turba, nihil est cur queraris
aliquifi inusitatum tibi coritigissey ubi
pruBclarum hoc arguntentum mcis
etiam numeris violatum conspexerfs,
iluantiim virtute bellied prcestant Bri^
ianniy recens ex rebus gestis testatur
gloria; quilm verb in humanioribus
JPacis studiis non emineamus^ indicia
aunty quos nuper in lucem emisimus,
versiculi. Qudd si Congrevius ille
turn divinoy quo solety furore cerrep-
tus, materiam hanc non exorndsset,
* vix tantiesset ipsa Pax, ul ill4 Icetare-
fnurtot perditissimis Po'elis tarn miserd
decantald. At, dum alios insector,
mei ipsius oblilus fuisse videor, qui
hand minores forsan ex Latinis tibi
vtolestias allaturus sum, quhm qvas
* If the concernment of this battel
, had not been so exceeding great, he
could scarce have wished the victory at
the price he knew he must pay for it,
in being subject to the reading and
liearing of so many ill verses, as he was
sure would be made on that SMbject.
. Dryden,
illi ex vernaculis suis carminibua at'
tulerunt ; nisi qudd inter ipsos crucia*
tus limimentum aliquod dolori Iribuat
tormenti v'arietas^ ^fic quidem un»
quam adduci possem, vt pot ma patrio
sermone conscriplum oculh tuis sub*
jicereniy qui ah istis conetibwt cateroi
omnes scribendo non miniis detorre^
qudm favendo excitaveris, Humani-^*
talis tuce cullor devotissimuSy Jose*
puus Addison. A.D, 1697. Prascla-
rum certc specimen adulatiouii!
6. Qui Grasc^ poetam aguntt u
sumant tria sequentia Epigrammatfty
propria sic dicta, Grascisnurocrts imi-
tando exprimenda. Prius reperietur
in Ecclesid apud Eboracenees -Rich-
roondiensi ; alterum, quod Sappbicum
appellari potest, in ccemeterio, quod
apud Cantabrigienses est, in vico (sic
Tocant) Fen-Ditton ; tertium, credo,
scriptum fuit a Wartono.
I. As caraful mothers do to sleeping lay
Their babes, that would too long the
wanton play ;
So, to prevent my youth's approaching^
crimes,
Nature, my nurse, had me to bed be- .
times.
II. The storm, that f wrapks the winter
sky,
No more disturbs X their soft repos«»
Than summer-ev' nine's latest sigh.
That shuts the rosdi
III. Somne levis, quanquam certissima
mortis imago,
Censortcm cupio te tamen esse ti>ri :
Alma quies, optata veni ; nam sic sine
vit4
Vivere qu^m suave est, sic sine
morte mori! ■ "
Dabam Salstoni {sic nuncupante
Thomd Fuller) ex museo amici
met. kal* jan, niycccxv,
Mr. Urban, Cheshire^ Feb. 16.
AS an admirer of the " renowned" "
Utopia of Sir T. More, and the
elegant Variorum edition of the Rev.
Mr. T. F. Dibdin, I observed with
pleasure the communication of A.R.F.
• Rationem vocis wrack (siye, ut ma-
lunt quidam, rack) quae propria de ntibi-
bus usurpatur k vento actis, parum in-
tellexit Auctor hujusce Inscrfptionis.
Verbum estneutrun),non activum. Dixit
Sbakspearcius wracking clouds; Mil-
tonus, wracking whirlwinds, Quin et, de
Lun& loquens, decus illud temporuio
hodiemoram ; '
And, wracking o'er her face, the cloud
• Varies the tincture of her shroud,
f Duorum infantum scilicet.
in
1 S J5.3 Translations of Morels Utopia by Sorbiere and Aneau. 101
and absolutely neceuary work in 44
vol limes."
Now the truth is, the first yotuma
was originally published in 172T, an4
the rest successively, during Father
Niceron's lifetime, up to the SOth^
which appeared in 1738. The first
three volumes were afterwards re*
printed in 1729, and the fourth was re*
printed in 1737, with the date of the
first edition, 1728. The 40th, 41 st,
42d, and 43d, were posthumous, pub*
iished from his own MS. (thev cannot
be called supplemenrar j); ana appear-
ed in 1739, 40, 41, and 4S. Instead
of the " latii/r'* volume being divided
into two pari s, it is the \Oih\alume
which was published in that form, con-
taining " Cliangemeni, corrections
et additions" to the first nine; and
the size instead of being cr, 9cL is
\2mo. We have to regret that th«
materials for other lives, which the
publisher says, in the last volume, still
remained iu hit hands, were never
in your hut Volume, Part ii. p. 528,
and am happy that the curiosity
he excited respecting the translations
of Sorbiere and Aneau should have
enabled roe to furnish him with
the following ndditional particulars
from that valuable source of literary
history; " Memoires pour scrvir a
Thistoire des hommes illustres," par
Ic Rev. Pere Niceron.
In bis Life of Sir T. More he giVes
the following account of the French
Translations : (Tome 25.)
'* Trois Auteurs ont traduit TUtopic
en Fraii9ois. Barthtlemi j4neau, dont
la traduction a ^t^ imprim^e vers Tdn
1550, k Paris in-8. et k Lyon in-16.
Samuel SorUerCy qui a donn^ la sienne
en 1643, ^Amsterdam in- 13. Giieude-
rille, qui a publie la sienne k Leyde en
171 5, in- 1 2. r^mprimee k Amsterdam en
1730, avec des figures."
In his list of the works of Sorbiere,
\ vol. IV. he informs us that
" II traduisoit TUtopie de Thomas
ifonis en Fran^oif;, k la pri^re du Comte
de Rhingrave, Gouverneur de TEcluse,
qui ne pouvoit se resoudre k la lire dans
les traductions surann^es faites par Bar-
tbelemi Aneau, anteur de TAlector, et
par (Jehan le Blond) le Seigneur de
Branville. Cette traduction (de Sorbi-
ere) a 6te impriinee k Amsterdam 1643,
in-12."
And the fol^owin2^ title of Bnrthe-
lemi Ancm's trnnslation is given in
the bibliographical account of his
writings, Tome 22.
** La Republique d'Utopie, «uvre
grandement utile, demonstraiit le par-
fait ^tat d'uiie bien ortlonn^e Police,
traduicte du Latin de Thomas More,
Chancelier d'Angleterre. Paris in-8 «t
Lyon in-lG."
It is the more remarkable that I
should find this information in an Au-
thor whose eulogy the learned editor
of the Utopia has so eloquently drawn
in his interesting ** Bibliomania." —
'* Frank, amiable, industrious, com-
municative, shrewd, and learned, Ni-
ceron was tJie delight of his friends,
and the admiration of the publick !"
But in his description of these rare
volumes be has committed errors,
sufficient almost to lead us to infer
that he had never really inspected
them. He states (Bibliom. p. 71,)
that ** they were published from the
year 1729 to 1740, in 40 cr. 0€t. vo-
lumes; a Supplement^ of 3 volumes ;
(the lalter of which is divided into
two parts) reodc^rs tbif very useful
given to the world.
Allow me, Sir, before I close tbit
letter, to refer to another valuable re*
print of an esteemed Author, Dr.
£arle*s *' Microcosmography" edited
by Mr. Philip Bliss. On referring to
it the other day, I was not a little sur-
prised that no mention should be made,
in the ** Chronological List of Books
of ' Characters' from 1567 to 1700,
Appendix, No. 11, of the Characters
coi.titined in a little work intituled
" A Miscellany of sundry Essayes,
Paradoxc'j, and PrubleniaticaH Dis-
coveries, Lcllers, and Characters^ &c.
by Francis Osborn, Esq. London^
1 659," 1 2mo. It contains a Character
of Honour, n deboshed Souldier^ a
Cooky and a Host.
In the enumeration of the editions
of " Microcosmography" Mr. Bliss
informs ua that ** in 1732 appeared
the ninths which was a reprint of the
sixth, execiiled with care and judg-
ment." But a copy of the Ainth Edi-
tion of this curious volume in my pos-
session is dated 1669, of which the
following is a copy of the title-page :
" Microcosmograpbie, or a piece of
the World discovered, in Essayes and
Characters. The Ninth Edition. Lon-
don : Printed by Thomas Radrliffe, and
Thomas Daniel, for Philip Chetwind^
1669. 12mo."
The Address to the Reader is signed
Edw. Blunt f and it contains 78 Cha-
racteri. N. H. L«.
Mr.
104 Lbrd Mansfield's Epitaph on Judge Dennison. [Feb.
Mr. ITiiBAV, Jan, 20.
BEING lately in the neighbour-
hood of Harewood, t looked
into the Church, where I could not
beip thinking of Mr. Gou^h, whilst I
VEA nftedttatin^ oyer (he monument of
Jud^^e Gascot(2^ne, and (he mural bust
of Judj^e Dcunison. No insicription
or a-rms on the fine AI(ar-monumcnt
of Gaicoi^nr, except a shield of (he
KiD^*s Arms (at the head end) su^
ported by Angel*.
The InscriplHm for Dennison is said
to be writteu by .the late Lord Mans-
field.
** To the nieraor>' of *
Sir Thomas Dennison, Knt.
this Monument was erected
by bis afflicted Widow.
He was an affectionate Husband,
a generous Relation,
a sincere Friend, a ^uod Citizen^
an honest Man.
Skilled in all the learning of the Common
Law,
he raised himsell" to great eminence
in his Profession ;
and shewed bv his Pra?tiee,
that a thorough knowledge oi^ Legal Art
and Form
is not litigious, or an InstruuWnt of
Chicane ;
but the plainest, easiest, and shortest way
to the end of Strife.
For the sake of the Pnblirk,
h^ was pressed, and at the U<%t prevailed
upon, to accept the Office of a Judg«
in the Court of King's Bench.
He discharged the important Trust
of that high Office
with unsuspected ]ntegrlty,& uncommon
Ability.
The Clearness of his Understanding,
and the natural Probitv of his Heart,
led him immediately to Truth, Equity,
and Justice ;
4he Precision and Extent of bis Legal
Knowledge
•nabWd bira always to find the right way
of doing what was right.
A zealous Friend to the Constitution
of his Country,
he steadily adhered to the Fundamental
Principle upon which it is built,
gnd'by which alone it can be maintained,
a keligious Application of the inflexible
Rule of Law
to all Questions concerning the Power of
the Crown,
and Privileges of the Subject.
He reigned bis Offioc Feb. 1*4, 1765,
because, from the Decay of bis Health,.
and Loss of his Sight,
be found himself unable any longer to
execute it.
Sept. 8, 1765, without Issoe^
in the 67 tb jev of bis Agf.
He wished to be buried in his natfrc
Country, and in this Church.
He lies here,
near the Lord Chief Justice Oascoignk, •
who, by a resolute and judicious Exertioa
of Authority,
supported Law and Government in n .
. manner « ■
which has perpetuated his Name, .
and made him an Example famous tp
Posterity,
Arms. — Argent^ a Bend Sable betweeii
an Unicorn's head erased in the sinis-
ter Chief, and a Cross crosslet fitchee
Gules in the dester Base ; impa|in|!^.
Argent, a Chevron engrailed between
three Oak-leaves Vert (for SmithsonJ,
In the same Vault
with those of her Husband^
Sir Thomas Dennison, Knt.
and agreeable to her Will,
are deposited the Remains of
Dame Anne DennisoS,
Daughter of Robert Smithson, £«q.
She departed this Life I July, 17^5,
in the 72d year of her Age.' "
The burial-place of Mr. Daniel
Laniber(,atS(amford,wa8,asjouhave
said, one of the lions to be seen b^
strangers; and as a testimony of re«-
spect, a Tery neatly inscribed stoDQ
has been erected by his friends ill
Leicester*. T,Ci. C.
Mr. Urban, Feb. 3.
SO many of your Readers having
recently Tiiited the F reach Capi-
tal, 1 have great expectalion thai
some one will answer the followjnff
ouestions, on the subjects of which I
bnd Books and Masters contradict
each other. In. the most fashionable
French pronunriation of the present
day, is the letter / in the pronoun U
ever pronounced before a con9onan$
(il pftrle^ &c.), as directed in Tacdy'f
new Pronouncing Dictionary ? foi*^
merlvt my Master and all my BooJLf
directed me to propouQce t parley
always oroitling the / before a coo*
sonant. — Is the terjnination of verbf
in oir^ as recevoir^ savoir^ &c. pro-
nounced, as formerly, like the English
sound of the letters teairr, or iiko
ware f In Catineau*M Diet. CPacMl*
)8I4,) the pronunciation pf cavojr i^
marked, in French ietterf, pn-vi^^r.
Lastly, where^an I ^od^a accq/atfl
account of the old French weigblf
and measures, compared with, ttie
English, or with their new dcciauil
weights and. measures? A«
• See tb^ tTpiUph in vol. DEXXf ^
part ii. p. 36.
ICr.
IIII.J BedliM|-Clri^r;«<riit'ir>l«lo«n-S.nUpoIe. lu
106
Swift*s Description of Ireland in 1726.
[Feb.
Jralandy in a manner to ilien from
wbat I conoeiTtd to be the rii^hts and
privilef^es of a lubject of England, tbat-
I did not tbink proper to debate the
matter with bim 8t» much as I otherwise
niiifhty because I found it would be in
▼ain. I shall, therefor**, without entering
into the dispute, make lK>ld to mention
to your Lordship some few grievances of
that kingdom, as it consists of a people,
who, beside a natural right of enjoying
the privileges of subjects, have also a
claim of merit from their extraordi-
naiy loyalty to the present king * and
bis family.
''First, That all persons born in Ire-
land are called and treated as Irishmen,
although their fathers and grandfathers
were born in England ; and their pre-
decessors having been conquerors of
Ireland, it is humbly conceived they
bugfat to be on as good a foot as any
subjects of Britain, according to the
practice of all other nations, and parti-
cularly of the Greeks and Romans.
*' Secondly, That they are denied the
natural liberty of exporting their manu-
ftictures to any country which is not
engaged in a war with England.
« Thirdly, That whereas there is a Uni-
versity in Ireland, founded by Queen Eli-
zabeth, where youth are instructed with
a much stricter discipline than either in
Oxford or Cambridge ; it lies under the
greatest discouragements, by filling all
the principal employments, civil and eo-
olesiastical, with persons from fingland,
who have neither interest, property, ac-
quaintance, nor alliance, in that king-
dom ; contrary to the practice of all other
States in Europe which are governed by
Viceroys, at least what hath never been
used without the utmost discontents x>f
the people.-
*• Fourthly, That several of the Bishops
tent over to Ireland, having been Clergy-
men of obscure condition, and without
other distinction than that of Chaplains
to the Governors, do frequently invite over
their old acquaintance et kindred, to
whom they bestow the best preferments
lA their gift. The like may be said of the
Judges, who take with them one or two
dependants, to whom they give 4beir
countenance, and wbo consequently,
without ether merit, gfow immediately
into the chief business of their eourts.
The same practice is followed by all
others in civil employments, if they
have a cousin> a valet, or feotman, in
tiieir family, born in England.
*' Fifthly, That all civil employments,,
grantable in reversion, are given to per-
aons who reside in England.
•V
King Q^erge L
" The people of Ireland, who are otr-
tainly the hmH loyal subjeqty iq t|^
world, cannot but conceive that mogt
of these hardships have been the conse--
quenee of some unfortunate representa-.
tioiis (at least) in former times; and thf
whole body of *he Gentry feel the effecta
in a very sensible part, being utterly des-
titute of all means to make provision fbr
their younger sons, either in th^* Churefa,
the Law, the Revenue, or (of late) in the
Army : and, in the desperate condltioB
of Trade, it is equally vain to think off
making them merchants. All they have
left is, at the expiration of leasee, to
rajck their tenants, which they have
done to such a degreei that there ia
not one farmer in a hundred through the
liingdom who ean afford shoef or stock-
ings to his children, or to eat 4eflb,
or drink any thing better than sour
ihilk or water, twice in a year ; so that
the whole country, except the Scotch
plantation in the North, Is a scene of
misery and desolation, hardly to be
matched on this side Lapland.
" The rents of Ireland are eompvted
to about a million and a half,- whereof
one half million at least is spent by
Lords and Gentlemen residing in Eng-
land, and 'by some other arucles tgtk
long to mention.
'' About three hundred thousand
pounds more are returned thither on
other accounts: and, upon the whole,
those who are the best versed in that kind
of knowledge agree, that England gains
annually by Ireland a million at least,
which even 1 could make appear beyond
all doubt. But, as this mighty profit
would probably increase, with tolerable
treatment^ to half a million more; so
it must of necessity sink, under the
hardships that kingdom lies at pre-
sent.
** And whereas Sir Robert Walpole
was pleased to take notice, how little
the King gets by Ireland ; it ooght, per-
haps, to be considered, that the reve;-
nues and taxes, I think, amount to
above four hundred thousand pounds a
year ; and reckoning the riches of Ire-
land, compared with England, to be as
one to twelve, the King's revenues
there would be equal to more than Sve
millions here; which, considering the
bad payment of rent:* from such miser-
able creatures as nu>st of the tenants
in Ireland are, will be allowed to be as
much as such a kingdo^ can bear.
" The current coin of Ireland is rec-
koned, at moit, bat five hundred thou-
sand pounds ; ao that above four fiiftha
are paid, every ye^ into the JSi^chequer.
<< 1 think it manifest, that what*
ever circnmstaQCts can possibly ccpitri-
btite
X«Mir€f9m^^^7;itfCXe«i^ r. lOT
tal»t»«Ml» • MiMrf pdor and 4etfpi. coiHritatat ilillifotiMBr t# iMmaiC
cdUs, cm all wriM villi Ntpett. tt the coli ii^' tinl il Ika ib « am
Inkoid. IWMalMNi contralM bj la«vt row pafi» which run frohi Ndrthi
ta whieb thar do aot oouenl, dhnwiiad M^t to gonth^watl, the raiiral HM
far^ bteOm and cowtrymm, nj. lectin 6f that mtI df th« Ah% mi
iS^1i^.^^'^S^l!^i^ eaiiieq««iU5 ufthd windt. JSi^^
iMr own ■HUHofaetQiet, hot even thaw • V^. .. •' ^^^
flithRa eo^Modttffety foreiNl to leek Ibr
iiitlta aiaMjr hmdfad mllet by sea and
]abd» iHidetwi in a manner incapable
of Iterfinf their Kiflf tod Oountry In any
Mnptoinnwt af bomnir) tmit^ or profit)
asdatt<bia witbout the least demerit t
while the Govemoia sent over tbitber
ean possfi^ have no affeiction to the
neopley lartber than what is instilled
int^thani by their own Jnstlataf and Idre
ef m— |[iiiit> whldi do not- always op«-
niai and whatarer they pleaie to ri»
IMaent hkher is never callad in ftnastion*
«• WhetiMr the rei^Kaentatives ef such
a paople^ tbns disuressed and laid in the
tetf when tbcy meet in a Parliament^
ean do the public business with that
eheerfhdne^ wbieb might be expected
ftnm fiitoiboin Sobjeetl^' would bo a qacs-
Slan itt -any other eimtttiy eaaapt that
nnfHMnaice Island^ theEnfliSb mhabl-
tints whereof have fiven more and
tMalar spaaHdes of their loyalty 'and
mnilnlnfisa than ean be shown m aiy
other part of the world.
• ** What part of these grievanees may
he tbouaht proper to be redressed bv so
wise and great a Minister as Sir Robert
Walpoie, be perhaps will please to con-
sider : espec)ally because they have been
aH broue^bt npon that kingdom since the
Kevohition ; which, however, is a bless^^
faig antmally celebrated there with the
greatest Eeal and sincerity.
<* 1 most hiMDhly entreat your Lord-
ship to give this paper to Sir Robert
Walpole, and desire him to read it,
which he may do in a few minutes.
''1 am with the greatest respect, my
Lord, your Lordship's most obedient
bumble servant, Jon. Swift."
Tke Canifeni of St. Bernard.
Extracted from the " General Out-
line of the Sytm Landscapes."
BKMDE9 the different houses of
Refuge 1 have mentioned, there
b another on the pa s to Italy, above
Marligny, on the Great St. Bernard,
as it is called. This Convent is situ-
ated 1857 fathoms above the sui face
of the sea. It is u* doubted! j the
most elevated habitation, not only
in Europe, but over ill. the aiUi^nt
Continent. N«y chalet is to be met
with al that height. It touches the
hoimdMries of ev eriasting suo w. What
ingl?, in the hnighl of 9immwr«T^
Iha iensi hrcdin mahes the dold qoita
aopleasant. In Augiut lt^» at Ml9
in the aftbrbooiH the thegnae watery
out in the open airt stood one 4itgmi
helow the mesiog poinli thooththf
sun, except now and ^Mfl Wlea •
light cloud passed over it, wii sbiM
log fnU upon the ball ^f the Iher*
mometeri and all the cMThronswdre
covered with fresh tooir. Thh little
garden they have hete prDdatea» ef
court* with the jgfeatetl dtfhenltf , hf
the latter end oTAetiiitf a hW steet*
ed lettQeea and tuAagcp^ cellivatii
fnore for araeMoMnt tbah aojthhitf
else« or for the mere pleaaufe of se^
\ng ioraethinf f^row* All the neeiii>
aariea of life are, in. fact, hrodfbt up
from the neMhourtng vallb ya. woeSi
for foel« of which they make en
imroease cansUrapttoBt ttiatt he
hmoghtap^ on- Ihe hacks itf mttkuiy
n diatance of- 18 iiilet» .and by A
steep path whidi ia opin for iial
weeks only hi the year. It is easy
to see that they are pot to a great
expence, and to the mainleaance of
a great many servants and cattle.
This convent was founded in the
year 068 by St. Bernard, of a noble
fatiiily in Sayoj. It became very
flourishing, »nd had possessions in
variou<i countries, in Sicily, in Fiai-
ders, and England. This very opVh-
lence was the reason which induced
the Popes to appoint Provosts in
Commendam* After this «*buse had
prevailed for upwards of 140 years,
resident provosts were appointed. But
this reform did i.ot re annex to the
institution the enjoy roeut ef its once
large pos^eiisioBs, which had in the
u'ean time been wasted aud aUeli»>
ated iu various way«, or squandeied
in long and ruinous iaw-suifs. And
the fund« would at present be insuffi-
cient for the purposes ol the institu*
tioo, were it not for a collection tliat
is annually n^ade for them, in France.
Geneva, and several of the Swiss Can^
tout. The place of the Provost is
for life:, and as that is never ob^
tained by any one-until after having
spent his youth in the practice of his
arduous daliet at the Convent, the
person
and sound the ditfinreat ptttfet'lieffe
•and there, that are most sliipiciooi.
The kind of resistance the ena of the
pole meets with, informi them whe-
ther it is a rock only, or a bpAaa
body, that is io the way. ' la the
latter case they soon diseng^ag^ U
from the snow— and thus have oftan
the consolation of safin^ hamaa
beings, who, but for theiD» would
never have seen the light of the auD
again. L. S«
(To be continued.)
Mr. Urban, Jan. 2.
1 LATELY met with a cnrioua re-
count of a Marriage, some jcan
since negotiated by Bill of £zchaoge
in one of the French Islands in Anfe-
rica ; the circumstances of which are
so whimsical, that I am indtzoed to
send it to you.
A merchant, originally come from
Paris, having acquired a great for-
tune in that island, condoided with
108 C(nwenitfSi.BernMd^^^MarriagebyBillof£xchangf. [Feb.
person upoa whom it is conferred is
permitted to reside ia Marti^y, at
the foot of the mountain. With him
reside those few superannuated fa-
thers, who, by their advanced age and
. iafirmities^areuo longer able to endure
the extremity of the climate aboTe.
From November to May, a trusty
person is sent half way down the
mountain, accompanied by one or
two large dogs trained for the pur-
pose to find out the ways in the
thickest fogs, storms, and heaviest
falls of snow; and to recover any
passengers who may have lost their
way. Often the fathers themselves
fulfil th^t office* Tbey shew the tra-
veller his way, lead him along, hold-
ing him up when he is not able to
stand alone; sometimes even they
carry him up on their shoulders to
the conrent. Often they are obliged
to use a sort of violence to him,
whencTer, benumbed with cold and
exhausted with fatigue, he earnestly
begs that they will allow him just to
rest, or to sleep for a few moments
only on the snow. It is necessary to
shake him well, and to drag him
by force from that insidious sleep,
the fatal forerunner of death. No-
thing but constant motion can give
the Dody sufficient warmth to resist
the extremity of the cold. Whenever
the fathers are obliged to be out' in
the open air during the severest frosts,
and that the depth of the snow pre-
vents their walking fast enough, to
keep the blood in circulation, they
strike from time to time their hands
and feet against the great staffs shod
with iron, which they always carry
with them ; otherwise their extremi-
ties would become torpid and frost-
bitten.
In spite of all their care and paiils,
however, scarce a winter passes that
some traveller or other does not pe-
rish, or has not his limbs frost-bitten
at least. The use of strong waters
on these occasions, experience has
shewn to he pernicious. They give
a momentary warmth and activity,
but this forced teuton is succeeded
by a sudden atony ana death.
Whenever the unfortunate travel-
ler ii not sunk very deep under the
snow, the dogs Kent them out. But
the instinct of these animals does
fiot peoetrate to a great depth.
Therefore, upon any person being
missiog* the fathers take long perches.
himself, he could not be happy i
the enjoyment of it, unless he shared
it with a woman of merit; and know-
ins none to his fancy, be resolved to
write to a worthv correspondent of
his at Paris. He knew no other style
than that he used in his trade ; there-
fore, treating of affairs of Lotc as he
did his Business, after giviog his friend
in a letter several commissionsy and
reserving this for the last, he went
on thus :
« Item — Seeing that I have taken «
resolution to marry, and that I do not
find a suitable match for me here ; do
not fail to send, by next ship boupd hi-
ther, a young woman of the qualifica-
tions and form following: As foirapor-
'tion, I demand none. Let her be of an
honest family, between 20 and 35 years
of aG;e> of a middle stature and well-pro-
portioned, her face agreeable, her tem-
per mild, her character blameless, her
health good, and her constitotion strong
enough to bear the change of the cli-
mate, that there may be no occasion to
look out for a second through lack of
the first soon after she comes to hand^
which must be provided against as much
as possible, considering the great dis-
tance and the dangers of the 'sea. If she
arrives here, conditioned as abovesaid,
with the present Letter indorsed bv yon.
or at least an attested copy thereof, tint
there may be no mistake or imposition,
I hereby oblige and engage mys^ to sa-
tisfy the said Letter, by marrying the
Nearer
1 • 1 5 .] Marriage In/ Ml of Exchange.—CoUar of S. S. 1«9
Bearer at 15 day* light. In wHimm the gentlewoman, came safe to tbe
whereof I snbtcribe tbii, &c." port; and our American, -who H«p-
The Pariwan Correipondent read P™"* *». ■»« «■• «' ,^, f<"*-
OTer and toyerthii odd article, which !»*•* on the pier at the iady'i land,
mut the future wooie on the tame »"S» wai charmed to fee a handtome
rooting with the bales of good* he ?«'?»»♦ *■«>« n"'"? heard him caHed
^wras tTiend to hu friend , aSd, after ^J !»'• »»"•«• »»" '"'"' " 8""' » '»«▼*
Mdmiring the prodent exaetnea of the • ■"' •• **««¥« . "P"" I«>"» *«>
^toerici., afd hi. laconic style in J"" ,>'»•'' *fc** «* " ""J "«»«l *»«•
enumerating the qualifications which P«»P'« *» ^^. • S"?* f «•' «f "•-
li<t Insisted on, He endeavoured to "ey about them in such a long yoyaje
serve him to his mindt and, after " ^ "*'* "•*«"*««' ".r* *".**:
many inquiries, he judged he had vour you wJl be pleased to pay lU"
fouiid a lldy fit for his purpose, in a ^' ""» ••"f V."^ *• g«»e h'™ »»••
■>oung person of a reputable family Correipondenl s letter i on the back
but Qo fortune, of good humour and ff. *''•«'' Z" V"' '^''* **^' ff
of a polite education, well^haped "»», " »•?* ^P""?? J"" «T'*'?*
and mire than tolerably handsome, me to send yon/' "Ha, Madam!"
He made the propowJ to her as his ««« 'he American, « I never yet suf-
friend haddirecfc&i and the young f*"*^ ™y B'"« »? be protested, and
KnUewoman, who had no sibsisl- J, «"»«* J"" »»•'• »••*" "»'•»« <•>«
race but from a crow old aunt, who *"'• I,*»" '«=•'«" «n3:«'f the most
gave her a great deal of uneasiness, *<>rt"«»»te of all men, rf you dlow
Iccepted it. A ship boiiml for that TJ" u"*''«'«^".V ^**' ^n? T**
island was then fitting at Rochelle, P.''«* ?''«" ^"^ '*!«' "<"* »'"»S'y.
the gentlewoman went on board the ?•"«» I am apprized of your cha«c
«me, together with the bales of »«'• We had several person* of ho-
roods, being well provided with all «>oor on bowd, who knew yon, very
Secemries. and pirlicularly with a "«"• '^ who, «lurmg my passue.
certificate m due form, and iwlorsed «"•*««• «" 'he quest'ons I asked
by the Correspondent. She was also *'•«'" concerning you in so advan-
incladed in the invoice, the last ar- **S«"»» » manned' *hat it has raised
tide of which run thus : '^J^^/ P*''!' * ?'*^°' ^"^ y"' "
1 ni8 iirst iDiCrvicw wsui id ft few
" Item— A young gentlewoman of 25 day§ after followed by the niiptiaU,
years of age, of the quality and shape ^jji^.^ ^g^e very raagnificeot.— The
and conditioned as per order, as appears new-married couple were very well
by the affidavits and certificates she has .^^j^fi^^ ^j^,, ^^^^ happy union made
to produce. ^^ ^ gjU ^^ Exchange, which was the
The writings which were thought most fortunate that had happened ia
necessary, for so exact a man as the that island for many years past. T.A.
future husband, were, an extract of ■
the parish register; a certificate of Mr. Urban, Jan. 14,
her character, signed by the Curate, /^ IVE me leave to communicate
an attestation of her neis^hbours, set- \J some information I have gained
ting forth that she had for the space on the subject of the Collar of
of three years lived with an old aunt S,S. since 1 addressed you in Vol.
who was intolerably peevish, and had LXXXIII. Part ii. p. 231.
not during all that time given her Trusler, in his '* Historian^s Vade-
said aunt the least occasion of com- mecum," says,** the fashion of wearing
plaint; and lastly, the goodness of Collars of S. S. introduced 1401." —
her constitution was certified after Mr. Cough, in his ** Sepulchral Mo-
consultation by four noted physicians, numents,"' mentions that this badge is
Before the gentlewoman's departure on the monument of Matilda Fitzwal-
the Parisian Correspondent sent se- ter, at Dunmow, who lived in the reign
Tcral letters of advice by other ships of John ; which is the earliest instance
to his friend, whereby he informed of the Collar occurring on monumental
him that per such a ship be should sculpture in that elaborate work. If,
send a young woman, of such anat^e, therefore, the monument was erected
character, and condition, &c. ; in a upon or soon after the death of the
word, such as he desired to marry.-— lady, Trusler's date must be errone-
The letters of advice, the bales, and ousi but, as Gough cites no other
instance
1 10 CBUar ^ S. S.'^Tki laU Earl ^ Newburgb. [Febv
ioalaoce till the eonnBeaceiMnt of Ura
fifteenth century* the former may be
correct. -—Another example of the
Collar haf iDg been an omnmeBt worn
by wamen^ i§ the effigies of Margaret
Duchefli of Somerset (temp* Henry
VI.) at Wwbonie Minster.
The Life of Gowor« in the Biogni«
phia Britanniea, furnubes us with
some curious particulars on the suh*
jects
** He died in 1409, and bis effigies in
the cbnrch of St. Mary Overie, Smith-
wark, has the CoUar of S. S. which in- '
daofed Leiand to suppose that he was
a Kmghi^ ' notwittuctanding the first
words of his epitaph ^ Armigwi Scu-
tum.*'—^owc, on the <»tber band, infers
that he was only an Esquire^ the Collar
being put on at their creation ; but An-
stia having observed that the Collar im-
posed on such creation of Esquires was
not of gold (as this of Gower's was) but
of silver, informs us that the Collar of
S. S. which became afterwards a mark
of dignity, was originally the cognisance
or biuige of the house of Liancaster, and
was worn by such as were desirous 'of
shewing their attachment to that bouse.
Upon the whole, the opinion of Selden
seems to be best founded, who con-
chides our Poet to have l>een only an
Msquh'e from the words of bis epitaph."
A passajge in the Sepulehral Monu-
ments (before alluded to) confirms the
opinion that the Collar was not worn
by Knif^hts only; vin, that, in the
reign of Henry YlII, the Lord Mayor
of Xondon bad a Collar ot S. S. pre-
sented to him by Sir John Allen ; at
which time it was enacted, that no
person should wear one of that kind
unless he were a Knight* — It seems
also that this badge of digiiit^ was
of English invention : no example of
H occurs in Montlaucon's ** Antiqui-
ties of the French Monarchy/' nor
on any foreign engraved portrait that
I have seen.
No distinction is trade in speaking
of the aatieat Collar composed en«
tirely of links in the shape of the
letter S, and the modern Collar long
worn by the ^eat Law Ofiicerff, hav-
ing the addition of the Portcullises ;
the latter being the badge of Henry
Til. probably points out the time
of the mvention of the modern Collar
at the insignia of the Judges.*— 1 take
my leave of the subject by addiog,
tlkmt the opinion of the S. S. having
an aUosibn to the Countess of Salii-
biiry temp. Edward III. cannot he
admitted | but if it was really latcad*
ed to express the letter S. permit me
to indulge a coi^jectuire that It is the
first of the Latin word *' SU^num,*^
which signifies it badge of honour.
Tours, &c. 8. B.
Mr. tJiniAN, Jan. lis,
IMPRESSED with an idea that
the krticle, relative to the late
Earl of Newburgh, which appear^
in your last vouirae. Part ii. pagea
608 and 609, was intended to iutorm,
and not to mislead its readers; I
trust the Author of that article, and
the publick, will pardon me for of^
fering a feW corrections, toj^ether
with positive facts in support otthem.
The late Anthonv James, Earl of
Newburgh, who died on the 28tb (not
the 29th) of November last, had nO
other Surname than his paternal one
** Radcljffe}*' and instead of describ*
ing him as the *< last of the noble
race of Kadclyffe," it would certainly
have been more accurate to have
said, that be was the last heir male
descended of the body of Sir Franera
Rad^l vlie, Baronet, who was created
Earlof Derwentwater; for there are
at this time several members of tbii
■oble and distinguished branch of the
family, who have been long settled
in the counties of York, Cumberland,
and Northumberland, more than eoo
c;f whom were personally knowd to
their noble Chief, and were iatro-
ducec by his Lordship to divert of
his acquaintance aa members of his
f milyi and by a reference to hiawill*
it wiil be foundf that he was pleased
to bequeath a very considerable re^
▼ersionary legacy to one of Uioae
members of his family, with whom
he had been for a great many years
past in the habit of most iatiroale
friendship.
His Lordship^s great grandfather,
the second Earl of Derweetwater,
was Edward, sot Jantes as in your
Obituary : his Lordship's great onrkv
it is true, was James, third Earl of
Derwentwater » he married Anne
Webb, the great aunt of Amie the
present Countess of Newburgh i was
beheaded the 94th uf February 17 I5-S|
and had a temporary interment iS
the churchward of St. Giles's iitf Um
fields ; from whence his body vsalrfll^
terwarda removed, and deposited i*
the fanily buryi«g-|ilace, io the tk%^
pit ^ fci» ^9Wfnm,mmkm i* Pft*, Ltrtfdbipi I7 to iritt Int litlM tk»
•IM i» NwMmti^tawL > IKi 1k»i4* iHMiua of hif Ifarfhurtethia^ m*
•li«l*« jtunfelhar*; tim 0«KMtrtUt Ulti after Ike toUli of hit Co— leiii
Chvli» B«Mf ft» ir«». MiiMed fclM a^ik io mumoumo of thai mmnk
Ml :•£ PtoeiDtM h%i$f 9iU WM IM UIimIo of coodMl, wUck wHifioai-
ijdl .tii.4iMi diordbt|fu4 of Jl.ttite bodI; in eve^ poft of kmdkmmUmt
tferteoli^ - : -> tn '. • aoA goicM every Mtion^ of hie 119b.
Tte aoowl feet ^of the oatalarof \um l^oiMiifioeooeifiof^lbot bit teid
tWa aiohk fftfoily* ftaled^io yoor ar* co^aio aod.Mr waa extreoaely w^
UfikotrMMDOit aar 00% it o»coid« proiriieA Ibr,. by a. taliiable aotieaft
iMrff oiiaM0«a|e4 v • palaraal lolierUaBee,' wbofoinlli' to
Tlio lioola Mr of lids. pvuMoelf fOMiorl Um chara^ar af.ft privalo
naalttia bj wbiab' oqiP«aii*a -your aaiMieaiaii of llio finl oriar^ ao Ma
wit how iaiao4ai Jaioaa>iacihaloiiie«r» had pd i4aa. -of Chat gentleaiaa efo^
4rai ftairi of Ma«ibMtf«h of ahit feaailf , fattaMriiachiiit n hii title 1 he •havat-
tW : "oUoal aoa > of . Iho taiil €harie» fore ^tM the rof eiaioo of tho groat
BaMffW aa4 Iho Inij Chorloite bo#j QfiiUoaiaaaiiB6aMax,aftef tim
l|ftra-9lr**'"M^^> ia her own right death of Ihr said Coooteis, opodhn
Coanteoi-of lleaihiirsW.aeTeafeaeia* fooaln Jaaiet JByre^ enq. the aext
eioiiyoooiiit? fro«|rltav«rnQMOt 1 bat bfother of thoaaiil Francit Syre* aod
thOjifiaa 4tC 3<MHKM* wat ' fotfod ufWEMt- tho heira mak of hie body f witb ro>
tho oatatoa ky ^arKament, hobo a maiiider tu ChadeaEjre» oext broi>
GfOi^ ih 1.141 aod U4«» and difidei4 ther of Iho aaid JaoMe Eyre, and the
io.- . Wiaajoal ^hanea bal^lHMi hiaiaiH betra omIo of hit ]^ady ; aad, lailiag
iWli.|iia.yKMin|roff.bro!lho« andaiftom, aocb laMie^ with r^naaiadiiff oefer to
. Tho lata aMleii«rd»boifOveff,(andB iho laid Franda BtK and the heira
ao(t bia fitfbort aa yoaraathor Jhaatt) mala of bia body, kc
aaoa ia%ar bia .aaid ijttber't deaths Thoantiont paternal &iiiity eitalaa
afeia bia appiaealioa. for the reata^ in. the cunaftief of Kortboiaberland^
ff^lioai qf iua aotieol. Hhsraal iohe«. Comboriaod» and. Darfaaaa, known by
ii|iinfio»pb|aiaedhQ^an^AciolParlt»'^ the Muno.of the Denraatwater oo*
nieiit sa Geo. III. cap, 93. the an* tatai^ ioof voaied by Pariiainont in
^ty of ^tdOO/. tQ be raisad from tiie the Trustees of Greenwich Hospital,
estatea, payable to htm by the Tru»> (from which his Lordship received
tieea i»f Greenwich UospUaJ* HisLocd* the trifling aaiiuity heforemeotioned),
ship, besides the Sussex eslatea which upon his death without issue, tiio
by his mother Barbara, daugh<^ right devolved, by virtue of settle*
ter, and ot length sole heir of Anthony meotsmadein 1695 and 1712, upon
Kewpa, of Sliiideu, esq* (which your the present Lord Petre.
author asAorU were his only landed His Lordship was buried, as became
property) wa^L possessed of the manor his high rank, on the Idtb December
of An^ble, &c. 6(e. in Northuinher- 1814, in the vanlt of the Keropes, in
land, a niember 0/ the Derwentwater the chancel of his parish church of
estates, aometime the provisioa of Slioden. Amongst the great nnmber
William Ka^clyffe* esq. a cadet of of moaraers who attended this last
bis Lordship's family, which escheated duty, were the two sons of his said
to the Crown, about the year 1788, cousin Francia fiyre. Sir Thomaa
and was granted to his Lordship by Webb, baft, brother to the widow
patent 1708 ; aad of an estate m the Countess; and William Radclyflfe,esq.
county of Gloucester, which descend- a remote relative, who for many
ed to his father, as the eldest son years had been honoured with his
aad heir of Charlotte Maria Countess friendship and confidence,
of Newburghabovemeotioned; which la order to put the pretensions of
estate his Lordship intended to have the claimaixts to the Earldom of New-
apecifically devised and settled, aa b:irgh in the clearest light in my
wcU as his other estates, but which, power, I shall stale, in as concise a
QWin0 to the inefficiency of that part manner as the subject will admit,
a»f bia will which related to it, has the descendants of the Countess Char-
tioco hb death fallen into the pos^ lofte Maria, who brought the title
aasiioo of Francis Eyre, of Has>op, into the family of Raddyfte.
in Dorbyshire, esq. as cousin aud oeir By her first husband, the Honour^
at btw of the late £ari, on whom his able Thomaa Clifford, she had two
daughters;
112 The EaYldom ^Newburgh. — Korner^s Poems, [Feb*
daughters; Frances, who died uoroar- poblished at Berlio in May 1814.—*
ried; aod Anne, who married, to James The Author was a Lieatemmt in the
Mahoney, a native of Ireland, who Cavalry corps, which, under the com*
was some time a Count in Italy, and mand of Major Lutzow, dislifl^ished
a general officer in the service of the itself so highly aroon^ the GerniMi
King of Naples. Bj him she had an partbans, and died of his wonnda,
only daughter, Cecilia, who married ihortly after one of the desperate en-
the Prince Benedict Giustiniani, of gagements of the last yesv. TbeM^
Rome, hj whom she had three sons poems are not numerous; the stirring
and two daughters, viz. Pfince Vin- time allowed none of the letsore of
cent Giustiniani, eldest son and heir, composition; they are chiefiy ocoi-''
born 1762; Lawrence, second son; sional, — a bold summons to the coun-
James,. third son; Isabella, married try, — a lament over some fellow-'
to Francis, Prince of Ruspoli ; and warrior,-— ao outcry on the death of
Catherine, married to Louis Baltha- theKtng,whowasfora while supposed'
ser, Duke de Ceri, of Rome, by to have perished at Bautzen* Such
whom she has several children. The works compensate the grace of poetrj
said Lady Anne (who remarried to I'y the higher and more impetuous
Don Carlo SL Severino) survived her influences almost inseparable from
daughter Cecilia, and died 28th April their day. No labour of imag^mi-
1793, leaving hergraodson Prince Vin- tion can give the impress, strnck out
cent Giustiniani (an alien as to this &t once by the mignt and sharpness
country) her heir, who, upon the of the actual scene. Study is cold to
death of the late Earl of Newburgb, the whirl of thought that must have
became heir, under the law of Scotland, passed through the mind in that fierj
to the said Charlotte Maria, Countess and vehement trial,— every moment
of Newburgb. He married in 1789, full of lofty earnestness, the whole
hath issue, and is now living. The spirit of the man wound up to its
Countess married, secondly, the Hon. sternest tension, the realities of hope
Charles Radcljiffe, by whom she bad ^d glory, and life and death, perpe-
issue two sons, James Bartholomew, tually sweeping before the eye, — the
£arl of Newburgb,' ftither of the late poet not left to the feebleness of
£arl, aiid of Anne, both of whom dreams and visions, but himself the
died without issue; James 'Clement soldier, himself exulting and swelling
Radclyffe, who died without issue; among the trumpets and the swords,—
and several daughters, all of whom ** the garments rolled in blood, the"
died unmarried, except Mary, the thunder of the Captains, and the*
youngest, who was born at Rome, shouting.*' One of Korner's poems
and married to Francis Eyre, then of is a ** Farewell to Life,'* composed on
Warkworth, Northamptonshire, af- the night of June 17, 1 813, while he
terwards of Hassop in the county of lay desperately wounded, in a wood*
Derby, esq. deceased ; by whom she without help, and ** thought to die.**
left a daughter, married to Arthur ThePrefacesimplymentionsthatthe
Onslow, esq. and three sons, Francis Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin, as
Eyre, of Hassop, esq. the first cousin a testimony of respect for this distin-
and heir at law of the late Earl, James guished youth, desired that he should
Eyre, and Charles Eyre, all of whom be buried hi the Ducal vault; butKor-
have already been mentioned. ner's companions in arms had already
To the errors and singularities chosen a grave for him under au oak,
which have attended the description near which, we believe, he fell. The
of this casct permit me to point out Duke then did all that remained to
one more, by no means thp least re- princely rec^ret, set apart the sur*
markable. Mr. Eyre is stated, in the rounding space of fort^ yards for his
jurat of the executors, among whom perpetual memorial, encircled it with
be was first named, and in the probate masonry, and raised over the body
of the Earl's will, to have been casAT a monument bearing a sword ana
VEPHEw OF TBS TESTATOR ! ! J lyre. Wreathed with an oaken garland.
Yours, &c. W. R. R. C. A specimen or two, first translated
w in the before-mentioned newspaper,
Mr. Urbav, Feb. a, well deserves a niche in your ** Select
r?^HE Times Newspaper has very Poetry *." A TaAiiscaiBBR.
X deservedly introduced to pub- — —
lie notice the Poems of Kornex, • Seep. 161. Edit.
Mr.
of *orae imall and liiihertu unper- giate, hew itone, cut clolh, mnke
eeived eminence in the Ivrehead hat dreiw*, iind ail tbe arl* uf civil Jife i
given lo the critical eve of a moderu Ho uther Taiullj ii more active or
ohittTter, the idea of a ch»racler ei- uieful to locielj. United with Ibe
•eotiatlj different from that of the organ of number, the faculty of ton.
iraj pericn, though the figure has tirucliteneit proiluce* a lualhemati-
been in olher reijiect* like. Hut [he cal luatrunient niaktrt irilh muiick,
molt curiuu* fad, and that nbich a muiical instrunieat maker t w'lli
affurdi the atrongest cor rob or a lion of form, a drawer uf fi^^uret, &c This
the Doctrine, is, that, in examining organ in aitualed at the temple, and
rvrlra.Ht drevinbgeerlaiucf the moal U geavrall) Id a liue with tlie check
celebrated lHatlen, who have added sad jnwbone.
inlrllect and geniui In the arli of the 8- Organ ef Covetjvenen, or Ihefl.
)wncil, wehaiefound an organization There are tfaiei(.-<i ainimg all cIhi-ci
of thehead expreited, lo exa<:r}]> con- of societ) t even Priests have lbt«
forinable to the known chiracler of proiiensil)', as Saunn, Pastor of Ge-
thc individual drawn, that one would neva ; Du( tors huve stolen thing*
■Imont luppuie it was done bj a mo- from their Vatlenti' houses, and sent
dern CranioliiglsL In a future Num- them back again i initance* of d^in^
ber, a prufeHiooal friend of roine per«nn» putting out their handi and
will, I hope, communicate mure cii- stealing the snufi'-box of their Con-
rioai facti of this nature, and detail feasors t idiota have it in tbe extreme,
(•roe remarkable instances, which an and men coTet and steal every thing,
Cbht. Mao- FtbruATji, 1815. ctea
1 1 4 Dr. Spurzheim^s Lectures &n PhjfH^namyf ITr. . [F«b«
eTen those articles which are troublar to ^n a- liYidi;. tn madntii It k fl&
•oroe to them and oot uieful. Jurif- iaa highly developed,
consults denv the existence of this at II. Orgun i^ j4ppr0kaii&nf or yM.
a faculty, alleging that all property nityi this seotimeut has a double or-
is a matter of convention, and purely gan, which appears in two oblong
artificials but answers Dr. Spur^ elevations on each side of thai of
beim, although actual property may Pride, which is single. Tbis is cha*
be the result of conventional laws, racteristic of their respective fune*
^et the feeling of property is innate, tions : pride considers itself^ aoA
it is connate with selfishness. Society looks straightforward, vanity lo^kl
produces no new facuUy $ both am- oneachsidefortheapplaBseof everjr
mats and men, whether social or sa- thing around. Insanity much oftoner
vage, equally evince this feeling of arises from pride than Tanity. A
property or possession, this propen- vain man asks bitnself, will sucb or
sity to self-appropriation. Birds do such a thing please ? shall I be a|P*
not allow others to intrude on their plauded or condemned ? a proud oqo
haunts $ we never see two robins on satisfies himself, and cares for no
one tree i a dog defends his bone more. Women, being generally Tain,
more determineoiy in his master's have this organ highly devdopodU
bouse than abroad; men have this There are more women than men
feeliug, which gives them courage deranged by vanity. The love of
to resist and re^el robbers. This applause, however, appears in all
covetive propensity is necessary to characters: a coachman if pleated
animal subsistence { it is therefore with being told he manages bis horsef
natural, and existed before any social well i a General, with leading bis
conventions $ they were of subsequent army to victory. Emulation is found*
origin; its abuse rendered laws neces- ed on tbis sentiment; it it called n'
tary to prevent its excesses. Cpvet- man's weakness, but is in reality bit
iveness, however, like all other pro* strength. Persons who are fond of
pensities, is laudable when duly exer- bein^ caressed, honoured, and are
cised. Drunkenness is not a fac^ulty, ai^bitious, who feel the be$ain d'iire
but an abuse of bunker and thirst ; atni^, have the upper posterior and
in like manner, thett, plagiarism, lateral part of the bead much deve^
fraud, usury, telf-appropriation, &e. loped.
are abuses of the natural propensity 12. Organ qf Cauiiownent thit.
of covetiveness or self-preservation* sentiment leads to doubting, irretoln-
Its organ is situated behind that of tion, anxiety, and fear i excetsiTO
constructiveness, on the lower ante- cautiousness disposes to melancholj,
rior angle of the parietal bone. and thence to suicide. One man ad«
9. Organ of Sacretiveness ; it ap- vances without any consideration of
pears in liars, hypocrites, intriguers, difficulties; another exclaimson every
aud dramatists, and runs in a lateral occasion, ** take care,*' and evineet
direction behind the organs of Con- this sentiment. This orsan is In the
structiveness and Covetiveness, and upper posterior part of both sides of
over that of Destructiveness. Itsef- the head, and gives it a square aa-»
fects are manifested by the cunning, pearance behino. Women generairf
prudence, address, &c. of individuals, nave this organ more developed than.
according as it is associated with men. This sentiment explains how n
other facullie«. Keeping a secret man may have courage, and yelbe
belongs to this faculty, and is essen- at the same time fearful. It is neeea-
tial to fidelity and personal integrity, sary to our preservation, eonsidert
The Second genus is Sentiments, cunsequences, produces butSf and
which follow the propensities, and makes men circumspect,
have something more than mere in- 13. Organ of Benevolence to men,
clination. Some of them are com- or of Meekness in brutes ; it appeart
mon to man and animals, others are as a height at the top of the fore-
proper to man only* To the former head. Caribs have flat foreheluls,
belongs, and little benevolence. Sweca re»
10. Organ of Self 'love 9 or ^fide I li markable for this character. Ani-
ls situated at the summit or apex of mals having a vertical Hdge between
the head. Instance of a beggar that the eyes, as horses, dogs, &c, are
wa^ too proud to learn auy busineM meek and good-natured » if tbit pmrt
be
}Mf i] Dr. ajpttnAeitft Leetura tnl^gsA^mj^ Kc. lis
fesMl^a^llMi'ti kick«rMtf. Bb^ revelatian «t it i« aot ^vwi to Mi*
■inJwni m a Js it nerely pii^ malSyiwhich »re incaptthki of r«c«iTiiig
«vt,iB iBta it Httmi k »rMucer tuck gifts. This fMiiitty ftintt beex«
toniMiityt llo lality* kiiMneM, li* «rei8«l, and it provet that religion it
kanliiy«nndCir«rtKaft'cAiir^. Cra-i boCti natoral aiMl neremafj to man*
illy if not the want of banrToleiitar He wbe \§ dettitnte of thit organ can
aene aegaftive can produce- a pottliv* aafCT eoaeeiTe how men cun Tenerata
hmHji ImI tk9 pi^pcMity to dt^ .the Creator, of irhom they know la
fifaatrieiiett i it b oiodified by keoew htlie : jou roaj reason, describe, and
lileace*- tfevionstrate with hi in on religion and
«Ma pkilaaofhitai sfsteni hitherto the keauties of noirneisi bntbecan
Moyeaei kat aac^aately iadicated the ncrer cither feel or comurehead yoar
be of deiiiaiaatiQa.kelweea men and meaning. If he aot only rejects th«
kates. Tbe latter ha^e all the primi* practice of aitty, hot mils at all reli-
life farolties noticed by philoH>phert, gton, he onfy coddemns himielf, en*
asmpffDOy mmmofjf jadgment, au^ poses his fnferioritv to other aieo,
i^MMaatioa : s0ii^ hdve denied theia and prorei tkat he if destitate of this
thsifittert but arinuils dream as well primary sentiment of veneration. Hie
# oiDii, and therefore imagine. ,0t actkms are like tkose of a blind man
Ibe aBOtniie^ts proper to man, the who should coacinde that there is na
Mtla reliciont which prevails eveiy sack thing as light in existence ; as
ailing In sSI states of hamaa Existence, tbe-one can ncTeif perfectly understand
II ftjik bean vn^arly observed, that the nature of vision, so neither caoF
kdHiiaddd Dcnons are rdigiqnsi the oliker, religtea or veneration. Na
lBf.ah»i|i«a n^te very rarely bald sentiment indeed can be taught i man
kai4% «iii yet are in general mere eaaaot aederstand what hanger Iv
j/M^ dnn mea. Artists have repre- witheut expeviencing It « neither can
Mad atf the chiefs of religions sects he the sentiment of veneration, with^*'
wilk' Ugh beads : the Saints are al| so ooe feeling it.
ia^aHied: . The kead of Christ shonid 15. Tkc Of^mn tf Hope and FaWi;
have, nil' -ike facalties propel' to man kelongs to Religion i it is situated
gntfjr ' elefate^, those comnion to loagitudiaally oneacfa side of Venera/-
ndla depressed. Many heads of tion. There is in man a sentiment
the Savioi^r represent a coxcomb i of faith i the faculties are given for
others, having the bead high, and the the use of this life, and the indulgence
kair falling on each side from the of hope becomes faith. Hone is mix-
centre, are more like the ori<^inal : ed with something more than mere
beaoe. Artists may in future know desire ; many persons evince by their
how to delineate this character. Re- lives and actions that they are all
figion is too vague a term for this hope, and neglect evefy thing in this
seatinaent, which does not include be- world in hopes of great enjoyments
oevolence and the moral virtues, in the next ; they are enthusiasts, and
laaoy men being pious without bene- very credulous. Some persons have
Toleace* justice, or moral honesty ; faith and not benevolence, others be-
tkey will Tie, cheat, and deceive. A» nevolence and not faith ; and some
this sentiment venerates and respects, are devout in saying their prayers,
and is especially directed towards the and yet have neither faith, justice,
great Creator of all things, it is pro- nor benevolence,
perly denominated, 1 6. Organ of Ideality, or Poetry, is
14. Organ of Veneration, It is si- —- ^ —
tuated in the midst of the upper part * P*^ truth merits the attention of
of the bead, before tbe organ of Missionary Societies, and those well-
Pride. But, although men are Indow- '"^,*";"S persons who think to convert
J .;, ' ., ^? v*««-, ♦; n« unlettered savages into good and en-
sd With an orgap oT Veneration, Re- ,j ^tened Christians. The Jews were
velation is not unnecessary. Religion ^^^^ centuries disciplined under the
existed apaong ail men Jong prior to j^^^ before the Gospel was offered to
Revelat'iaa ; and many nations are them. It is strange that the professors
still without this light : yet the senti- of the Christian faith are so inattentive
BHnt 9i YeneratioB even to the works to the manner of the Divine dispensa-
of their owe haads, to cats, dogs, dec tions, and that they never think of iml-
tiists aaM>ag tke most savage people, tating tbe divine example before them.
Man aansl be prepared for receiving Phiianthr.\
situated
116
Cmrtibfo^y-— Elton*s *< Classic Poets!'*
[Ffeb.
siiualedover that of Covetiyeness, and
is an obvious promineDce above the
temples of Milton, Shakspeare* Dry-
den, &c. but not in Locke, or the
Fhiiosophtrs. In like manner the
antique heads of Homer and Horace
have this organ, Tvhich is wanting in
that of Deindsthenes. Some are
pleased with Puetry, although they
do not write it; others are pleased
and write it; and many make verses,
but not poetr}' ; they are versifiers,
and not poets. There is a peculiar
manner of action in. all poets; they
are alwaj's exalted and elevated, they
con^der mau as he should be, and not
as he is, view the world in an exalted
and purified state; by this continued
exaltation they are inspired, as it
were. Artists may have this faculty
with great advantage to their art.
Poets, who contemplate all objects in
an ideal view, have properly this fa-
culty, which is often very injurious
to men who have all their other feel-
ings exalted by this incessant exertion
of the imagination. There are prose
writers whose diction is entirely poe-
tical ; but he who writes in a calm
reasoning way is no poet.
17. Organ of Righteousness- Man
has a particular sentiment of just and
unjust, right and wrong; no inferior
animal has this faculty, which consti-
tutes the conscience. There are in-
deed persons, however repugnant the
fact may be to our feelings, who have
really no conscience. Of this there
are examples, of criminals going to
death perfectly satisfied with the pro-
priety of their own actions, of persons
who are pleased only with criminal
actions, and wonder how others do
not enjoy the same, delight in them.
Bigots are of this description ; they
are pleased with their own conceits,
and cannot conceive how all others
are not cf their mind. No inferior
faculty has any conscience, and hence
we must admit that there are persons
without a conscience, which belongs
to the sentiment of righteousness.
Conscience is divided into absolute,
individual or relative, alnd positive ;
the first is the faculty of justice com-
bined with the other higher facul-
ties, the last depends on the laws.
Christ was the only law-giver who
founded all his laws on the sentiment
of abiolute justice.
18. Organ of Determinatenets^ or
firmness ; tjlkis is the last of the senti-
menti ; it fixes all the othert, and if
indicated by an elevated part on the
front top of the head. He wii6 baf
this or^an resolves abd persiiitt in his
resolution t he is a determhied man,
and may be depended * on. Observe
persons who argue and will not be
convinced, and you may discover thia
organ before that of Pride. It Is es-
sential to integrity of character } its
excess becomes stubbornness, its ab-
sence indicates fickleness and incon^
stancy. (To be continued,)
Mr. Urbav, Jan. 9.
IHAy£ been laJL^ly amusing my-
self in the perusal of Elton'a
'< Specimens of the Classic Poels of
Antiquity." The]^ have certainly a^
forded me entertainment. But I am
sorry to say, that I think he hai been
peculiarly unfortunate in hii selec-
tions; because the translations from
his favourite passages have« in almost
every instance, been executed ifongf
ago in a style imd manner iofinitelj
superior to bis own. I will not trou-
ble you with a long letter at present*
but will reserve some of mv obseria-
tions for another opportomiy.
In Theocritus he has unquestiona-
bly failed. Perhaps his best Terstons
are from Bion and Moscbus*
Of the existing translations of
these Poets, by Creech, Fawkea,
Langhorne, and Polwhele, the pub-
lick seems to have decided in favour
of the last- mentioned writer. To
have done better than Fawkes,indeed»
would have been considered, by Mr.
Polwhele and his friends, [as no great
praise.
From Bion*s Epitaph on Adouisit
any part of Polwhele's Version may
be selected, in opposition to the new
competitor. Bl ton's happiett trans-
lations are the following :
'* My Venus I ahy the Loves for tbee
bewail ; [fo*^ s
With that lost youth thy fading gracea
Her beauty bloom'd, while life was in
his eyes y [him it dies.
jihy woe! with him it bloom'd, with
The oaks and mountains ** ah, Adonis V*
sigh 5
The rivers moan to Venu^ agony :
The mountain springs all trickle into
tears : [pears ;
The blush of grief on eveiy flower ap-
And Venus o^er each solitary hilly
And thro' wide cities chaunts Asr ^ges
shrink* Vcj. m. p. StfO.
Yet
I now turn to Mr, Polwhele'i
transIalioQ ;
" ■ Perith'd AdonUl' my full sorrons
' eigh — [Lo»es reply.
■ P«riah'il' — tbe Loves, the weeping
Lo! Venus blooms no more in beauty's
pride ; [they died !
With him her graces li*'d ! with him
Those vivid bltubes, tbose entrancing
Tbatform glow'i! only for Adoni«' arms I
Tbe mountain-spriiigB, the rivers, as
lliey flow.
And the hill-oaks remurmur to her woe!"
" Soon as she saw her lover press the
. ground, [the wound,
Wilher'd his crimson thigh, and wide
She ilretch'd ber trembling arms, and
deeply eigb'd; [she cried.
And ' Stay, dear youth, a moment stay,'
■ That 1 may clasp thee, on thy breast re-
cline, [tothinel
8(Kk tby faint breath, and glue my lipi
One tender token, dear Adonis, give —
Tct BilWrtiiKimeDt, while tbykiueslivel
sley'9 green, [scene.
And vivid mallows from th« gardeiv
The balmy hrealh sf Spring their llfto re-
new", [huw.
And bids them fiouriih inthdrfomMr
But we, the Great, the Valiant, and
THE WlSE,
When once tlie seal of Death hatk
Last in the hollow tomb, obscure and
deep, [hroken sleepl^
Slumber, to wake no more, one long nD>
Tbou too, thy charm of melting musick
Shut in (he silent Earth, shalt rise no
Elton's four best lines varj litti*
from tiieir corresponding one* in Um
paiiage juil quoted.
" But we, the great, the valiant, and
tbe wise, [eyes.
When once in Death we close our p^id
In Earth's dark caverns, seuteleu, sluoti^
bera'er
The long and endless sleep, tbe sttep
that wakes no more."
Vtil. I. p. 388.
1 1 9 Classical S$ymgiillUsirated,^^N0wspi^er Advertisements. [ FieK
. To compuns Mr. Elton, in h\% V«r- Thirdly,
lions from Horace add Javenal and Simel imamivimus wnnes,
Vir^l and Ovid, ftc. fte. witti hU pre- Dr. Johnioo was once offered ten
decesstirs in tranAlatioo, would be an guineas, to point out from whence
agrepabie recreation. The sublime this saving was taken. He could not
andbeautifiil passages, whjcb he has do it ; but many years afterwards met
so often injured m attempting to with it by chance in Johannes Bap*
translate, would, in this process, arise tista^ Mantnanus. The words occur
to our recollection ; whitst Francis hi the First Eclogue of Mantuauufy
or Boscawen, Gilford and Pitt, and De honesto Jtnore, Si^c, . .
Addison and Dry den, amused us by «« id commune malum s semel insamvi-'
all th^ Tarietie^i of versification. mus omnes.**
Should I pursue this subject at Fourthly, Quo$ Deus^it shouM
somfs future occasions, I do not mean rather be. Quern Jupitery^vuH per^
to make a whgle remark on Mr. El- ^^^e, prius dementat,
ton, but to leave the respective merits yj,,^ -^^^ j,^, been elucidated by
of tke Copyists to the decision of ^^ j^,hn Pitts, late Rector of- area*
your learned Readers. Brickhill, in Bucks, in the following
Yours, Ac. Atticus. words t
'^' ** Perhaps no scrap of Laltn wbat<*
~?!i«w«^*' '*? ^V , ever has been more iiuoted than this«
rpHERB are a great many classical ^ occasionally falls even from Ihoao
X sayings, which ainriost every who are scrunulous even to pedantry
body repeats, but scarcely any one j^ j^eir Latinity, and will not admit «
knows where to find ; and as J have ^^^^ j^i^, ^|,^ir compcisitions which
taken the trouble of tracing a few of |,„ „ot the sanction of the first age.
them to their source, some of your ^he word demenie is of no authority^
Correspondents may be disposed to ^^^i^^^ ^ ^ ^erl, active or neuter,
assist me m making other discovewes. ^f,^^ ^ ^ ^^^^^^ for the purpote
First, That hfimorous expression ©f deciding a bet, some Gentlemen of
a^^ ^^ ^"u 5^/^"^ A Cambridge found it among the. Frag-
The man that bghts, and runs away. ^^^^ of Euripides, (in what eHiioni
^Y live to fight auother^day,;' &c. ^^ recollect), 4here it is given ag
M deduced from the Greek ,a jiag, ^ translation of a Greek lambick • "
TbfB English lines are generally ' • *
ascribed to Hudibras ; but the Au. Fifthly, . , , . ^ , .
thor of them is Sir John Mcnnes, who '^£f?'"? ^^^^ ^T* ^^"•*f **'*"!'• 1
lived io the ri'ign of Charles 11. and , The Author pf this ^e««e nw not, 1
wrote a small volume of Poems on Relieve, been discovered ^ but 1 shall
miscellaneous sulu^xts. This book t\aok »«? ^^ J«"r CorrespondenU
baa become extremely scarce, and who may have the goodness to inform
generally fetches from four to five ^ >» ^^^^^ 1^'^^ »* " ^ ^® ^•"»S"
gnioeai. Yours, &c. E.
SecondlT» ._ _. " j ,^
fncidU in Scvllam, cupiens vUare Cha- ^«*- Urbaw, Jan, 10*
rybdim 'T^HE excellent and weH-writtea
This lineoccurs, with a slight va- ,f ,^^"%.^^^-^;t ^f.^^^^
rlation, in the Jlexandrcis of" Philip 534.) should be sent to the Edi^r of
Gualtier, (a Poet of the 13lh century), every Newspaper ; nriany onhcm are
which was printed at Lyons, in 1558. respectable men, and ^ /"ch wouW
It is in lib, 5, V. SOI, where the Poet, attend to it, their P^pe" wou^d ba
addressing himself to Darius, who, •^"ght in Preference. But I would
flvioff from Alexander, fell into the add another Ih'ng, the abolition of
bands of Bessus, says, tbose^ abominable AdvertisenaenU of
rV X J- • -* the Regular-bred-Quacks, which de-
^" ^dTt^ nesr"" ' " ^'" ^e«" "«fi^ '<> ^e 'aid on a table wherq
fioemfugiasjho8te8incurris,dumfagia o»r wives and daughters may sea
hostem. l^'em. There is at least one very re*
Mteidis in Sc^llam, cupiens vitare Cha- tpeclable Evening-Paper that deea
rv6diifi.*' Qot admit tbem< X.
legii opprobria et dedi^cure. S«d texit
Deus, quem Innocentia neutiquara pn>-
texit. Ob jit in Festo Innscentium,
annu 1716.
Sic mihi contin^&t vivere sicq; moril
The memorandi reipectmgBoethi-
gi and hi* work are m folluvrs :
In St. Peter's Church at Pavia, a tao-
preBBum Rothainagi in offiuini Laurentli
Hoblin^e et Jameti Loj» anno ab In-
carn. \b03 pro Petro RegnauU Biblior
Sla uiiiversitatia Cadomi, kc. pente
.Ody.
Consul erat, htc peril mis^ug in exi-
lium.
Eiquid mora rapuit ? Prubitas me vexit
ad a<iras,
Et nunc fama viget maiima, vivit
fTrisltt't TttKitU, p. 477.
Son ouvrage de la Consolation dc la
Pbilnsopbie, c'est un ouvragc digne iron
(iicle plus epuri, qui ptut paascr pour
on chef d'oBTTe en ce genre. Jht Pii.
Votuineii hoc continet, 1. Boctium de
Coniolatkme PhiloiopbiEe i S. Eiindem
da SehoUrfaiin Diaciplina. At liber pu^
Lovaniensi Univeraitate, &c. ajitio gra'
tie mlUesiinu quadiiugeiitesimo octua-
geaimo quarto, fol.
Akerum elabarat. per Johan. Koelholf
de Lubeck in aancta civitate Colonia,
annu gratie mill, quadring. octogeiima
gjcundo, fol.
I haTB an mlarged ediliun of thit
woi'k, printed with black tvpei of
similar form to thoie uied in Mr.
Biker'i cupjE the title i)f which u
ai followi :
Coinnle'tu' duplex in BoetiuiD de eon-
solationi- pbilawphiecunvtriusqi tabula.
plina. scholarium : cum comtnenlo in
Quinlillaauni d<^ uflicio discipulorum :
diligenler annotata.
The ornamentiMl iuitial nf the word
Comiiientum (cjt on wood) filU a
Urg«
ItO Dr. Booker's Second Letter concerning H. P. Lewis. [^Feb,
HeaTen) Xo animate the mindf of
thousaodf, whose '* hope was weti
Dish g^ne:*' and, throughout many,
of the balcyoD dkjs which > I trust,
are approachiogy may you, Sir, reap
your reward !
But, thouji^h inieiisibly drawn into
these refleetiona, 1 mean not this let-
ter as a needless eulogy upon yourself,
or the Periodical Work which you
haye so long and so honourably con-
ducted. , Neither do I presume to
rank my last address to you, on a
subject of humanity, among the num-
ber of" ffood** communications. You
will lie nappy, however, to class it
^moiAgihe successful owtt. Atthetime
1 deem it right thus respectfully to ac-
knowledge the subscriptions, I beg
leave to inform the generous donors,
that their bounty is deposited in the
Old Dudley Bank, for the future bene-
fit of the object of their pity ; who will
be enabled, by their kindness, to enjoy
many comforts, to which he would
otherwise be a stranger. May *' tho
blessing of him that was ready to
perish come upon them !'" But, alas!
he can implore no blessing. Like a
poor foundling, rescued from the win-
try blast, he ^els the salutary effects
of their compassion, without being
sensible from whence it flows. There
is ONE, however, who notes it, who
is the mover of that compassion i
who said '* Leave thy fatherless chil-
dren: I will preserve them; and let
thy widows trust in roe.'* Jer. xlix. 11.
By a subscription, confined solely
to this neighbourhood, a few years
ago, after he lost his mother, about 90
pounTls were contributed for his sup-
port* Of that sum about 201. now re-
main : which, with what I have recent-
ly and roa^ hereafter receive on his ac-
count, is mtended to be sunk in a Life-.
Annuity (vested in trust of the Vicar
and Church-wardens of the Parish for
the lime being) to. procure for him at
many comforts as such annuity will
raise.
Some of the Letters enclosing the
Subscriptions are so honourable to
their v\riters and to human nature,
that I should be happy to be per-
mitted to gratify you, Mr. Urban,'
and your readers with them. But,
without such permission, I shall uot
presume to do so.
Yours, ftc. L. Booker,
Vicar of Dudley*
T0
fauree space in the title page, and with-
in it is a spirited sketch of a dying
person in bed, with attendants beside
him { and cearse as the lines are, the
character of the countenances is
itrongly marked. The work is thus
concluded t
% Fhiitur Boeti' de disciptina scbola-
Tium^cum oo'mento. Impressum Lugd'
per iohannem devingle. Anno domini
M.ccccacviij. die xx. Aprilis.
A large square wood cut fills the
last page, of a timilar desif^ to the
title-page of the first mentioned edi-
tion. The border of this is orna-
mented with vine-branches and grapes,
and a blank shield at the bottom I with-
in this a lion and greyhound support
a tablet, of the shape of a heart, in-
scribed with the initials J. V. Over
the heart is a coronet, and above the
coronet a scroll inscribed Jehan de-
single. The dark back-ground is
decorated with vine-branches and
grapes. S. Y.
Mr. Urban, Jan, 19.
WHEN you, venerable Sir, re-
view your literary life, espe-
cially that portion of it which has
been deroted to the superintendance
of the Gentleman's Magazine — how
different must be the feelings of your
benevolent mind, to those of some
persons, who, converting the Press
mto an engine of mischief, too often
endeavour, by its powerful means, to
shake the pillars of social order, to
destroy the charities of life, and to
subvert the altars of Religion ! How
many pious expedients, how many
humane desi«^ns and undertakings,
have been suggested in your respect-
able pa?es! Amid the multifarious
productions of the pen which have
reached your Repository, you seem
to have resenthicd that prudent indi-
vidual, mentioned in the Gospel,
whose net enclosed a vast variety of
fishes, some good and some Vsd ;
but who kept the good, and cast the
bad back again into the sea.
None who know you. Sir, will
deem the feeble tribute of commen-
dation here bestowed, unmerited.
For, throughout the ** troublous
times'' which are pa<it, the sound reli-
gious and political principles, which
the Qentlcman's Magazine uniformly
indicated, served, perhaps, (under
prcTCDt the execution ul tbe Law :
whereat, bad be oolj made a JudicU
ouf alteration of a few word* in the
Act of Menrj VII. all (bene incoiiTc-
uiencea might have been reiUL-died,
ind the Ckrg; would nut have beeo
held up to the publick in the uiijuit
ind illiberal wa; they have been.
The annual Jteluro, which 1« made to
the Privy Cuuncil, it the mott dclu-
«Te that can poiiihij be, lo fuund an
Opinion upon j being a Return of
thoie odIj who do not reside, and not
ofthowwho do reiidci from which it
retident Clergyman i which is nut the
cu«. To ihew the unfairness of this
Ketum, we will suppose there nre ten
Livingt OD whicb the incumbents du
not reside) but that on eightot Ihem
there are Curatea residing ; actord-
iog to the Return, it would appear
that there were tea Livings without a
,retident Ctersjman ; whereas. In fact,
then ire Onlj two in that predica-
shewn one, and it Is called, " The
humble Petili'in of A. B. Rector of
C. n. to E. Lord Bishop of so and
so ;" and, after slating; the particular!
of any preferment he maj have, ends
with, " and, as in duljbound, will for
ever pray." Can any thing be more
mortifjirLj and degrading to aClergyi
man of educatiun, asking for a rfr-
tiunal Indulgence an tbe verj groonds
allowed by this Law, to be obliged to
make use of a form wbicb li uied bj
ji!inpers when begging for relief, or
b^ felons when addieiiiug the Execu-
tive for a mitigation of punishuienl (
Is this, the manner in which the Con-
stitutional Instructors of the people
ought to be treated? islhlilhewaj
to gain respect and attacbmeot to tbe
EitabMedCbuTCbf Beudetallthit.
th«
V22 Address to Lord Harrowby. — The Red Man. [Feb;
the expence which a Clergyman ii
iiece§sarily pot to, first for his educa-
tion at School and College, and after-
wards for Letters of Orderi, Present-
ations, and Licences, is verj great;
«T)d bj the late regulations, if a Cur-
ate changes his Curacy only to that of
the next parish, he must have a new
Licence, which costs him 20 shil-
lings, ^t the same time a Dissenting
MiniHter may, without any education,
or examination as to his fitness for
the office, be licensed to preach fur
one shilling; and the licence ena-
bles him to preach in any part of the
kingdom he pleases. So difTerenily
are the Ministers of the Church of
England treated from those who are
in pretended Orders^ or pretending to
he in Orders *. Surely your Lordship
will be induced to re-consider this mat-
ter ; and, by a repeal of those Laws
which have been of late introduced,
and which teud so much to disgrace
the Church, endeavour to re-establish
It in that eitinnatioa which it formerly
held io the opinion of the world.
A Faisvo to the Church
OF England.
Mr. Urbak» Jan, 12.
I HAVE sent you the following
strange account of Buonaparte's
interview with his (jcnius, as it has
made its way into several public
prints, with a view of inviting your
enlightened and unprejudiced Readers
to a candid diftcussion of the proba-
bility of supernatural Beings making
their appearances to individuals, for
the purpose of animating them in the
performance of great exploits: for
•ucb, it must be allowed, Buonaparte
has performed. He haH been a severe
scourge to Europe in the hands of
Providence, whose chastisements mdy
eventually prove a blessing toNatious,
by humbling the pride of th&ir Kings,
aod disposing their hearts to universal
peace, and to the improvement of
the temporal and spiritual interests
of their people. If an infernal or ce-
l^stial spirit ever did or may make its
appearance, il mUst be for a |)ublic
end worthy of supernatural aid. I
by no means wish superstition to
flourish ; or the prophetical visions
of the insane to become any more ob-
jecU of faith. The latter, I trust,
^ave received their death-blow in the
* The words (jf tha Statute.
end of Joanna Southcott: and^the
present appears to me a proper tinia
for a candid discussion of the power
of supernatural impulses, and thd
comiiion causes of maniacal delasiott*
I could wish the cases of the Modemt
to be princij»atly ''regarded by tbosd
who may chance to think the sabject
worthy of notice ; by which 1 raeai^
the cases of individuals now living, of
very lately alive : and the cases not
only of public but of private charac-
ters, as far as the iattcr can be de-
veloped.
The Red Man.
" After the retreat of the ci-devant
Kinperor Napoleon across' the Rhine,
and his return to bis capital, a visibte
change was observed in his habits and
his conduct. Instead of wearing the
livery of woe for the discomfiture of hit
plans of ambition, and the loss of hfli
second grand army, he dismissed hik
usual tboughtfulness. Smiles played oil
his lips, and cheerfulness sat on hh
brow. His manners became light and
easy, and his conversation lively. Busi-
ness seemed to have lost its charmi for
him ; he sought for amusement aod
pleasure ! BalU and entertainments sue-
ceeded each other, and the Parisians be-
gan to fancy that either Napoleon wat
certain of making an advantageoot
peace with the Allies whenever be
thought proper, or was convinced that
his downfall was at hand, and therefore
wished to spend the last weeks of his Im-
perial dignity in enjoyment and ease.
Another conscription bad been ordered,
and the Legislative Body had been dis-
missed ; but these were signs of his ex-
istence, not of his activity. He remained
buried in pleasure, whilst the invadeiv
crossed the Rhine, and, rapidly approach-
ing Paris, threatened to destroy at onoe
his throne and the metropolis. On a
sudden, his conduct experienced asecond
change : his face resumed its deep aild
habitual thoughtful gloom; his atten-
tion was engrossed by the cares due to
hi^ armies; and every day wlthessed^iew
reviews of regiments in the' Place of the
Carrousel. Sleep could no longer teal
his wakeful eyes ; and his wonted acti-
vity, in which no other mortal perhape
ever equalled him, was displayed with
more energy than ever. All the tioM
he could spare from his armies and bia
cabinet, he bestowed on bis state coun-
cil. So striking an opposition betwaoi
his present and his past conduct, ccwU
not fail to excite a powerful agitation in
the minds of the Parisians j and to insika
' them strive to trace up a chan^ io
abfi)i(>t tn the iiitthiers or their £diperor
Itlf.] IfzpcAiion^t Int^'vierp ufiihtke Sed MafL ' 12^
I^HftMi^caiite. P^tetelyattbistijBic^ lulUmljr into his ctbinet, iKbl^httdidl
ff% $iw ftiU inpeatvr «|t^nU6iii«iit uf thf n^t leave the whole 4*y^ ,
<4ty9 1^ report oC an interview of '^ Such w«re the t^ort^ that Wfrt-
eon with bis Geniu^s, undfiT the spread ip Paris thi?^ i^jionths bffoKi Ui«
of a nysterious Red Man, tra^r fall of Napoleon Buohapar^i ifbece(bev.
^pirod. caused an unusual sehsation> and creat^
- <* Hie Isi of Jannaiy, 1814, early in a belief that be bad dealing with infef^
|Im aMNiiinr, Napoleon shut himself up nal Spirits, and was bound to fulfil their
in Wm caunet ; bidding Count Mol^ will or perish. What is more remark-
(tboi Coonsenor of State, and iiince able is, that in three months the last
pi^de Graad Judge of the Empire) to wonderfuleventsjustified the Red Man's
twittain in the neu rooro^ and to hinder words completely; more unfortunata
lay petoon firom troubling him, whilst than Cssar, or Henry IV. of Frafiofr»
|io was . ooevTpied in hrs cabinet. He these )>re8ages did but foretel his ruin;
loolnd more thoughtful than usual. He , and not bis death,
^94 not long retired to his study, when ** Who the Red Man really was, hai
mtnll oian, dressed all in red, applied to never been known; bnt that suqb a
ifmi» pretending that be. wanted to person obtained an interview with himt
to the Bmperor. He was an- seems to have been placed beyond a
1, that it was not possible. * I doubt. Even the French Papers, when
•peak to him,' said he ; < go and Buonaparte was deposed, recurred to the
irilll^aatliat it is the Red Man Who wants fact ; and remarked, that his mysterious
^- nnd he will admit me.' Awed by visitant's prophetic threat had been ac-
■i^ppoAoos and commanding tone of complished." *
k^oMngtt personage, Mol^ obeyed re: gince wrjfinff the aboTe, I bar*
iHteiitbr, *nd, uembling, executed his t^ken up a Sper. wherein I HiiA,
jangoiipa 4r>rand. >Let him in,' said ^^ jj„„^ Soilheott, in her fait
<^DBDtodbvcuriositv MoliS listened '^o'*'''* ^***1 ^^^^^ intervals^ in which
i^O^ZSr, a,/overhea?d the following •»>« ^^.^ ^"^JJ^K and professed her
Siiiinn nuiTir-Tir'' : cooTiction, that 9he had been vitited
r-lSa «ed Man said, * This U my third ^9 « food or evil spirit. 1 1 is said,
jmmmtmtioe kfi/ore^ou, l^he first time we this poor maniac had upwards of oud
iMe SMS t» SgWpt, at the battle ef the hundred and ten thousand followers!
"Pyramids, The secondy after the battle What a lucrative concern her seals
tf VKagram, I then granted you four must have been to some ! and what
years mere, to terminate Ike conquest of a melancholy exempliticatioo, her
Surope, or to make a general peace; case, of the mischief done to society
ikreaiening you, that if you did not per- by the liberty allowed to the weak^
fnrm one of those two things, I would and foolish of choosing their own
wUhdraw my protecHonfrom you. Now Religion I When such l.berly is graiit-
/a» come, for the third and last time, to ^j ^^ ^^^^ scriptural aulhonly for
twmyou, that you have now but three believin- God's blessings are with-
wunihs to complete the execution of your ^ . ^ &
detignSt or to comply with the proposals drawing.
^ Peace offered you by the Ailits: if you " Yea, they have chosen their own
4$ noi afchieve the one, or accede to the ways, «ud their soul delighteth in their
etker^ all will he over with you :'^so re- abomrnations. I also will choose tJieir
ii well,* X delusions, and will hiring their fears upon
. " Napoleon then expostulated with them." Isaiah Ixvi. 3, 4.
him, to obtain more Lime, on the plea, Yours, &c. Golielmus.
that it was impossible, in so short a ■»
.space, to re-conquer what lie had lost, » yy IVestfellon, Salop^
or to make peace on honourable terms. Jir. urban, Jan. 29.
" * Do as you please,* said the Red g^ HOSTS are a set of gentry with
Man i*lmtmy resolution is not to be shaken ^^ jw horn 1 am qu ite as unacquainted
iyinireoHes, nor otherwise : and I go,* ^^ jj,;, prgsenl writing, as when so4n«
** He opened the door. The Emperor ^j^^ r^ j declined answering an in-
followed intreating him but to no pur- .^^^^^ writer, who asked me in your
tofe" ai Mares"; :::L^'^::ri:iX ?»-f j- »-^ %'^^ %'^ rt "•"''^"''"
and wpeating in a stern voice, * three »« the Rbd hEL. But, having seen
wmkihe^no tonger.' *" y**"** P*g** ^^ explanation and de-
«• Napoleon made no reply, but his rivation of the word Fxkta, Uy a
pyn darted fury; and he returncid gentlemau for whosa learning and
iK>cial
1 24 Fdnctful Etymology,— ^^ Fleta."— ^« The Red Sea:' [Feb,
social conversation I have the deepest
respect (and at whom hereby, I most
honestly confess, I have not the re-
motest intention to laugh) I trust,
vrith such liberty, I am able to ex-
plain. Fleta, we learn from Judge
Blackslone, is an antient Law Bookj
and so called because it was written
in the Fleet Prison : Fleta being the
word, in such Latin as was then used,
by which that prison was known ; in
which language the book is written ;
and as the first sentence implies.
Now my very learned friend denies
the name Fleta, as follows x F, he
says, stands fori), which stands for
DiGESTUM. LET. was originally
written LEF, with a Greek F (gam-
ina), wbich the ignorant Compositor
imagined was a broken T, standing
for Legura. And A stood for An-
GLijE : — which taken together would
appear thus: u.leg. a. instead of
pleta:— and signifying Digestum Le*
gum Anglke, — (N. B. I cite from me-
mory, not having the Paper by me.)
Now, Sir, with allowance of the
same privilege, I think I am able to
inform your other 'Correspondent,
not only why Ghosts are said to be
laid in the Sea^ but also in the Red
Sea, But, before I enter upon thi^
deep discussion, it will be necessary
to inform some of your readers of the
authority of certain antient English
words. The mighty Lexicographer
defines the substantive Say to be a
Speech, and gives the authority of
one who " said his Say;" which
"word, by the bye, Minshew derives (a
little, I think, in our way) from the
Latin aio. This substantive say, I
look upon to claim a pretty close kin
to the word saw, which Shakspeare
so very often uses ; as, " his weapons
holi/ Saws of sacred wril^** *• Jll
Saws of books;' " The Parson's Saw,"
&c. (ic. ; and which the aforesaid
Lexicographer defines to he^^ sayings
maxim^ or sentence: and derives it
from the Saxon jpaga, which word, if
merely Latinized, is much to my pur-
pose. 1 should also inform the same
readers, that antiently the preterit of
the verb read^ and the adjective redy
■were both spelt alike, retitie*
Now, Sir, to return to my Ghost
business. It is very well known that
when a Ghost was to be laid, the Par-
son was always sent for, to lay it in
the sea J or (if a very troublesomi^
Ghost) in the hed sea ; which was
the only effectual laying, for from
thence there was no return : and the
honest Gardener, in Addison*s most
excellent Comedy, hence very justly
remarks, that there inust be surely
** a power of Ghosts in this same Rea
Sea." Now, Sir, if the Ghost was not
a very daring one, the Parson mere*
ly came and spoke Latin to it —just
said his say^ and so got rid of, him t
but if the Ghost came repeatedly, andt
like poor Mr. Moppeson, made a ter*
rible ado in the house, the Parson was
obliged to bring his book, the Ghost
not caring a straw for the Parson or
his SAID say^ until compelled to de-
part, and shew his submission to thq
To be serious, Mr. Urban, if I can
for a moment be serious on sQch a
subject, either of such derivations or
Ghosts; I really think my explanation
of this RED SEA business quite as near
the mark, as that of my vecy learned
and worthy friend's of Fleta i as wiell
as others in yoiir pages J could name:
but for fear I should *< catch t7" in
some future number, to which it is
more than ten to one either indolence
or ignorance, or both, would forbid
me to reply, I have taken the in-
stance above, not that I think it more
wide from the point than any otheri
but solely because I know the Author
to be tpft great, and too good, to b^
offended with an innocent joke.
John F. M. Dovaston.
Mr. Urban, Feb, 7.
THE Life of Robert May, prefixed
to « The-Accomplisht Cook'* (8e«
p. 33) is more curious, as exhibit*
ing the profuseness of his patrons ia
their hospitalities, than for any in-
teresting particulars of the Author
hipaself:
^' For the better knowledge of the
worth of this Book, though it be not
usual the Author being living, it will
not be amiss to acquaint the reader with
a brief account of some passages of his
Life, as also what eminent pereons (re-
nowned for tht^ir good house-keeping)
whom he hath served throughout the
whole series of his life ; for, as the
growth of the children argueth the
strength o£ the parents, so doth the
judgateUt
and more practised; then was atLeism ^^'"^^ a" such secrets as relate to pre-
aod schism less in fasbion ; and tlien did »«"'"?. conserving, candviiiE, distilling,
men strive to be good, rather than to ""^ *"'^'' "■*'« varieties as they are most
>eem so. Here he continued till tLe concerned in the best husbandring and
Lidy Dormer died, and then «ent again Jiswifering of them. Nor is there any
to London, and served the Lord Castle- ""'''' except that of tbe Queen's Closet,
haven j after that the Lord Liuuley, that "'''*'' *as so enriched with receipts pre-
Creatlaverandknowerotart, whowant- rented I o her Majesty, as yet that 1 ever
ed no knowledge in the discerning this ****■" any language, thatevefcoiiuined
■nistery j nent the Lord iMontague in 'J", many profitabla experiences, as in
Sussex i and at the beginning of these this volume j in all which tbcrendershall
wars, the Countess of Kent ; then Mr. *'"''« '"os* "f the euunpositions and mi;(.
Nevel uf Christen -Tern pie in Essex, ""** easje to be prepared, most pleasing
whose Ancestors the Smiths (ofwhom be t" '^^ pallat, and not too chargeable to
ii descended) were the greatest main- '^"^ purse, since you are at liberty to
tainers of hospitality in all those parts, employ as mucb ur as little therein ai
nor doth the present Mr. Nevil dege- y"" please."
Mtate from their laudable examples jj^ concludes hii preface, by '< dc
DiTers other persons of ike esteem and ■ - r n j 1.1 - ^ T ■
qoalfty hath he served, as t!.r Lord Ri- """« "^ Sj"" " ^'^"'"S "pon hii
Ters,Mr.JohnAshburnhamoftl,eB,.l- enfe""""* '
Chamber, Dr.SteedinKent.SirThomas In my next, I will, wilh jourfeaye,
StHes, of Uriiry-Laiie in Lon.lon, Sir eslract Ihe " Tnumphi of Cookery
Harmaduke Constable in Yorkshire, Sir u»edon Feitival Days," the " Tearmi
Charles Lucas; and lastly the Right «f Carfing;"' aod conclude with a
Honourable the Lady Engleiield, whera specimen or Iwa of the Receipt!.
Ik now Uveth," Vouri, &C. B.N, ■
12$
John Owcni and his Book qf ^^ Epigrams,^*
[Feb.
Mr. Urban, Manchester^ Feb, h.
YOUR Correspojndent W. may find
a short account of Owen, the Au-
thor of the Epigrams, in the ninth
Tolume of a New and Genera) Bio-
graphical Dictionarj (eil. 8vo, 1762),
"where we are informed that he wag
^orn at Arroon in Carnarvonshire,
and bied at Winchester school, from
^hettce he was chosen a scholar of
Kew College, Oxford, of which he
besame Proiensorand Fellow in 15S2.
In 1590 (CT o eously printed 1690)
he proceeded LL B. ; but quitting his
Fellowship the f<iiliiwing year, he
tau«^ht school at Tryiegh near Mon-
mouth, and about 1594 was chosen
Master of the Free School founded
by Henry VI 11. at Warwick.
He died in 1622, and was interred
in St. Paurs, where a monument, with
his bust in brass, was erected to hit
^emory b) Lord Keeper Williams,
his relation and countryman. Under
the bust is the following Epigram, or
luscription, which may be found in
Dugdile's ** History of St. Paul's Ca-
thedral," but which I transcribe from
a MS note in my copy of the Epi-
gram mata. (Amst. ajjud Elz. 164T,
S4rao, with engraved frontispiece and
portrait.)
« Jucundissimse roemorias
Joannis Oweni Cambro-Britanni^
Poetae celeberrimi.
Farvatibi statuaest, quia parva statura,
supeliex
Parva, vulat parvus noagnaperora libers
l^d non parvus honos, non parva est
gloria, quippe
, Ingenio baud quicquam est majus in
orbe tuo.
Parva domus texit,templum sed grande^
Poetae
Turn ver^ vitam, quum moriuntur,
agunt.**
The MS note in my copy also al-
ludes to the circumstance of Owen
having been disinherited by his Uncle:
but, in a note to the Dictionary above
mentioned it is stated, '* Moreri lells
lis that {\\\i ftory is treated as a fable
by M. de la Monnoye."
1 do not learn that Owen has left
any othfcr productions besides his Epi-
grams, oi which there are several
Translations into. English aiid other
languages. Jol^n Vicars Usher of
Christ Church hospital, translated a
telect number uf ihem into English
Terse, which were published in 1610.
Thi^maa Pecke (called Beck ia the
Dictionary) of the Inner Temp1e»
pubJished ^ Parnassi Puerperium, or
some Well-wishes to lugenuity, m
the Translation of 600 of Owen^s Epi-
grams,** &c. &c. Printed at London
1659, (now a scarce book, and sella
hi^h.) Thomas Harvey, Gent. eng«
lished all or most of them, ISlTf
12mo.
The writer of the note in my copj
says, <* Harvey *s is a pitiful perforna*
ance, and Pecke's is worse:" how
true this may be, I kno^^ot.
A Spanish translation, by Fr. de Ift
Torre, appeared, Madrid, 1674, and
1682, 2 vols. 4to ; and in the account
of Owen in Diet. Univ. Historique;
(ed. 1810-12, in 20 vok 8vo,)it8eemi^
** Jndr6 Le Briyb a fait ua chois det
meilleures Epi^ramme& decet Auteur,
et les a traduites en vers Fran^ois^
Paris 1709, in 12, et sous le titie de
' Pensees Ingeuieuses,' Brnxe!les»
1710, in 12.*' In the name work, how-
ever, under the article Brun {Jntaine
Louis le,) we are informed that " On
a de lui, une Traduction des £pi-
grammes d*Owen 1714, in 8vo."
No doubt, the ensutng volume of
Mr. Bliss's edition of Wood's Ath.
Oxon. which is now daily expected^
will furnish us with some further par*
ticulars relative to Owen : but 1 snaU
be happy if what I have stated be;
in the mean time, any gr^ti^catioj
to your CorreMpondcut.
Yours, &(. A. R. F4
Mr. Ubbaw, Feb. T.
YOUR Correspondent, W. p. 3$^
may find a uili account of Owen
the Epigrammatist in Woo(i*s Athe#
nae,vol. 1. p. 470—472. The Epigraroa
being much read, at home and ^hroad»
came into the bunds of the Romifb
Inquisitors, who, on account chiefljr
of the distich quoted by your CDrni*
spondent, in which he says, *t though
it is disputed whether (Simoo) P«t<?r
ever was at Rome, no one denies thst
Simon (Magus) was there,*^ put bis
book into the Index EapurgatorhUi
A ltd for these verses, and others of
like nature, Owen's uncle, a Papist^
or popishly aftecled, dashed his name
out of his will ; which was the chief
reason, that ever after be lived in n
poor condition { or, as he had saifl
before, '* was alw&fs troubled willi
the diiieaie that attends Poets, indif
gence
<>
](it
c.
Mr.
Mofit) avircuniitBucethemorede-
■rable,ai the aatlquemarble has been
fa many parli deconipoied by eipoi-
nre to tbe alinosphere, aud will toon
be in s mouldermg italf.
To the Sritifh publick at large,
bowcTer, tbe group ia queitioD wm
tfaoDgbt to offer a mucb more power-
fill noliTc for it> aduj>tion, inasiuuch
M tbe approprialiDg it to the jireient
pUTpoK actuallj trantfers a wreatb
to the brow of our own Hero from
tfaat of hit great Ri*al la arm) t foi*
it <• a fact, tbat nben Napuleoo had
nt^eated ihe staiei anil entire po-
pilatian of Germaaj, ivhose power
DDited be had reaaoii to dreau, the
GroBp ID queitioQ wat selected fot a
4etke on a medal struck by him 16
•MMinemoralethat event. With bow
■acbiHOre prupriely tbe curbing hi*
^ower, udiubduiDgitiUDgoierDable
Iflbctafey British coailaucy aikd perie.
TMaBc«,tt^htboappliedto theillji-
lrMaiiMMbjri* of Uio sreat WeUiag.
ria Pertecutianit Fandalieai of Victor
Viten«i«. Tbe beit edition of it ii
that of Dura Rulnarl, piLbliihed in
1694. In the Preface, Dom Ruinart
cilei four manuscripts of it, one in th«
Benedictine Moiiaslery of St. Martin
del Champs, the three othen in (h«
Colbertine Library at Paris.
The three last manuscripts I hare
caused to be examined, und shall copy
(he yerse, as it stivnJs in each of them |
first iDserling a copy of tbe verteatit
■lands in the Vuln^ate.
Id tbe Vulgate, it is expressed id
the fi>llowiii;; words: " Treaiunt, qui
lesliiaom'um danl ia Calo! Paler, Vet'
turn, el Spirllua snnclus ! et hi tret
unum »u»t."
1. Ill (lieCodez Regini, Ho. 5SI5,
merabranaceus, oliiu Colbertinui,
ISC. XV. foi. xti. recto: " 7V« tunt,
qui teilivioniam dant in ctela, Paler^
filiua, et Spirilui Sanetut ! et kii trt»
128 1 John Ep. v. T.^^Divinitt/ of Christ. — Ignatius. [FeW
S0L5, membranaceus, olim Colberti-
HUB, saec. x. (at non nunierato verso:)
*' Tres aunt, qui testimonium pcrki-
ient in ccelo. Pater el Filius et Spiri'
tuB Sanctus : et it tres unum sunt"
In the margin the following words
are written : '* Nota. In Epistot^
beati Joannio ita legenduin.^'
III. In the Codex Regius S796,
membranaceus, item olim Culberti-
nus, ssec. xiii.- it is expressed in the
following words : ** Tres sunt, quites»
timonium perhibent in ccbIo, Peter,
Verbum et Spirit us sanctus, et hi tres
•unum sunt.^* This is the reading
adopted by Huinart. The importance
of the Terse, and the contests which
it has occasioned, make me think, that
this account of its state in the raanu-
fcripts I have mentioned, would be
acceptable to some of your biblical
readers ; and I shall be obliged to any
of your Correspondents to inform me,
if any thing important has appeared
on the subject, since the publication
of Dr. Marsh's important Letters to
Mr. Archdeacon Travis. C. B.
Mr. Urban, Feb, 9.
TH£ Correspondent who assumed
the signature of Perhaps frank-
ly confesses, that he never did read the
** vast collection of quotations from
the Greek and Latin Fathers" in Dr.
Priestley's renowned vi^ork ; and for
this reason, because, whenever he took
up that matchless performance, he
could not endure the abuse of autho-
rities and perversion of argument,
which, wherever hedipt, almost every
page exhibited. This, however, be
begs l6ave to say in his own defence,
that about the time of this contro-
Tersy, perhaps a little before it began,
he did read all the ^Apostolical Fa^
ihers, and not a few of their imme-
diate successors, and has, from that
time to this, been almost in the daily
habit of consulting them. And '' the
result of this diligent inquiry," if a
Sussex Freeholder is, as he professes
bimself (p. 32), willing to attend to it,
18 this : That, if there is any meaning
in words, these early Fathers uni-
formly taught and believed, as the
Church of England does, that Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, is God and
Man,,
I suppose, from the question which
this Correspondent asks, be imagines
** the very remarkable words of Ig-
natius/' wbicin ho produces, are fa-
vourable to the Unitarian scheme ;
but why he fancies so (if he does so
fancy) I am at a loss to discover.
Is it because the venerable Father de-
clares ** there is but one God ?" or
because, as he goes on to declare,
there is *' one Jesus Christ, his only
begotten Son i" This learned Free-
holder doubtless knows, that the first
Article of our Church is, ** There is
but one living and true God.*' And
be probably knows also, that bectiuse
Christ is the only begotten 3of the Fa-
ther, we therefore infer, that he if
of ihe same nature or essence with the
Father, and consequently very God.
But of inferences there is no need,
when the testimonies, as in Scripture,
so in the Fathers, are express and in-
numerable. In the relation of the
martyrdom of Ignatius, immediately
before the passage which the Free-
holder quotes, are these words: "Tra-
jan replied. And who is Theophorus?**
Ignatius : ** He who has Christ in his
breast.'* Then the second question
after that quotation is this: ** Tra-
jan : Dost thou then carry Uim who
was crucified within thee ?" Ignatius :
*' I do : for it is written, / will dwell
in them, and walk in Iheni" Which
words, as any one may satisfy himself
by turning to 2 Cor. vi. 16. are spoken
of the living God : " Ye are the tem-
ple of the living God; as God hath
said, / will dwell in them, and walk
in them.''* And if your Correspondent
will turn, as the margin directs, to the
passages in the Old Testament, to
which the Apostle refers, he will find,
both in Leviticus xxvi. 12. compared
with verses 1, 2, 13, and in £zek.
xxxvii. S7, 28, that it was Jehovah
that spoke this.
Who then, following the holy fa-
ther to his scriptural authorities, does
not see at once, that in asserting that
Christ dwelt in him, be declared his
belief, that Christ was Jehovah, the
living God ? Accordingly he often ex-
pressly calls him God ; as in the In-
scription of his Epistle to the Ephe-
sians: '* according to the will of^ the
Father, and Jesus Christ our God,"
*' There is one Physician, lioth fleshly
and spiritual ; made and not made i
God incarnate,** ib. ^ 7. '' For our
God Jesus Christ 'was, according to
the dispensation of God, conceived in
the womb of Mary, of the seed of Da-
vid, by the Holy Ghost." ^ 18. In
the. InscriptioQ of his Epistle to the
IVomao8»
Cross at IleiUti/ in Arden . WartrifkshirK .
Kotunf, the .«xpTe*ieii, " J«nM ' tkCliBrdii beiidei which tbere won
CkrUt vn- Catf," occuri twice t tB^t Vuket CroMet ind bonndarj CroiMft
S S. be Hj>, " For eren mc Gorf apt afew. A* It i* now a ran cir-
( CkHtt, atnr that be ii id tbe wmtlsiice lo meat With ■ perfect
VaUter, dctef to mddi
pear."
Maa; other panart
potot, migbt be addni
•hort hut highlf yalui
fenmltufi but thete )
Xa aoon aa be made Ifae
kb «th hdlMe qnoled,
comnnoVS^Nj bee
omtfaiiOK^tHr jie " I
tied honttrV ■nl'mn t<
to be thrfto^ w Ibe l
CnteitahiTriiBrif '4rtbe pe
aentenee JfcwflJWhalj
be cried oat with Joy, "
0£4Frrf,tfaatTbouhait
honour IDC with a pei
ward* Thee I and bait i
Kt in iron bond* with Tbj Apoitii
al." To Rome therrfore he' wai
taken t and havinr '* praged lo Vu
Sun of God Ip beharf of the Cfaurchei,
all the brelhren hoeeliog dowo," he
waa with an haite led intu the Amphi-
theatre, on " a Terj (olrniii da;," IS
Cal. of Janoarj,' (Dec SO, A.D. 108}
when there wa* an unutual concoorfe
of the people, aod delivered to the
cruel beut).
Theie tbingg are altefted bj tho*e
who were ihennelye* " eje-wi(-
Deuet;" who thu) cunclude their ac-
count of this " nioit valiant Martvr
ufChriit," who" iTod uader fuot ll
devil, and |i
nreienlatioa
aodiDj at Henly in A^
ktfaire, (100 Platr 11.)
Rcceptabfe to jour rea'
lae, ihafl, and capital
ire cooipoipd of tlire#
II IheihaflMiiemoi-
baM and e^pfM. Olt
I of' the dpiil wer*
"'"ff- '-^^^^
3. St. PiSult, ipriA bit
fallen awAjt.'lVwbead
-(uperttflMf Mirket-
rted to bsTe been pre*
deitruction by baring
hj a sbed for mmjr
T. F.
Odme Origin and PoUty tyfOm PooB-
KATE*. Suggeiled bg Mr. Smk*
Waioa'i Paraehittl Sttrveg Ai lB>-
' allfan.
. ,i-ii; " Ijdwr omnia vlncit
tajpfobui, ct durU urgeni in tebot
esettu." VtaoiL.
Ifr- Daaia, Feb. S.
TBE StB^tiitiealWork of Mr. Shaw
Matun, which i) making ro much
noiie at prenent in IreUad, 1 cunilder
at the harbinger of lome gre.it oa-
Uonal measure, that, it ii not difficult
lo foretell, will ihortly take place in
■fecled tho'eo'urieVe had that country. Another harbinger it
tiouilj deiired, in Chriit Jbiui our
ord; By vkoin, and with whom, all
Glory and Power be to the Father,
Kilh the Bteised SpirU, for ever and
over. Jmen." Wake't Ajiost. Fa-
ther), p. 131— I3T.
lotreatiDg pa.rdun fur this uuinten-
tionall; limg letter, 1 am, Mr. Urban,
with much respect, jonr failiiful ler-
vantt and, I humbl; truil, afullower
of the truth a« it li in ChrialJeius,
withuut an; PaaaAra.
Mr. UaHAH, Feb. 9.
r|^im zeal of Reformation in the
11th cealurj, was particularly
the f ope, called Croue*, of whkh
ever} Parish waiiu ooiieiiionuf uue,
placed uiuallj ia Uie Chnreb-yard,
aiwl near tu the SouLh estrance of
Gbnt. XAa..Ftbritarg, 1815.
the great Parliamentary inquiry a
carrfin"' 00, concerning the Kecurds
in ad potU >if the United Kingdomi
iu which inquiry lh:it geiilleraan has
alio taken no inconsiderable part. In
the former of these inquiries parii;
cularly, the condilion uf the great
body of the people who in Ireland
may, without a strained expret^iuii,
be denoipinjted the Poon, is in train
to be fully inveatigaled 1 wlic
the
niro
, tlie n
authentic sonrces, a salutary, a lon^'
prayeii-for, and lasting reiucilj will
be derived. Mjiny olher tiuustioni,
(one in particular, that every lfi>;i
reader will directly suggest t.i him-
self J qDCttioiii that agitate and alarm
diiceasiugly Jtiie public miad, will Ihea
be set at rest lure ter. But, at Ihii
er eat is hat ip^roifchiDg, and will b^
ushered in by do -' ■'
uld
5
ite
On the Origin and Polio/ of Poor Rates.
[Feb.
would be prelum piioD in me to an-
ticipate it any further.
\Vhat I at present 'wauitcd, Mr. Ur-
ban, to observe upon ix, an article^ in
the Edinburgh Review (of October
18.13) containing sceptical doubts on
the real origin of the Poor-rates in
England. These arc to be found in
the critique upon the Spanish Publi-
cation intituled *•'• BibUoteca Espano*
la Econotnico'PoliticM ^ par D, Juan
Semperey Guarinott." The Ueviewer,
In order to impugn the opinion of the
most eminent Authors, — as Dugdale,
Blackstone, Dr. Adam Smith, —to
whom we might add Sir John Sinclair,
** that the dissolution of monasteries
had produced the present system of
a compulsory Poor-rate,'* quotes Al-
cock's observation, that '* those reli-
gious houses did no more in England
than similar establishments had done
abroad, and the hospitable masters of
other houses did and do nww — live
generously, keep a plentiful table, and
give the surplus to the Poor." Al-
cock next asks, ^\ If the Abbeys main-
tained the Poor, how, when these
were secularized in other Protestant
countries, came the Poor not to
bavc been equally destitute there also?
And how came the Poor-rates not to
have passed in England, immediately
on such secularization ? How did the
Poor subsist till the year before the
death of Elizabeth, that is, for a period
of near 70" (it should be 60) *• years?"
'The Reviewer then adds, that the
same train of argument is pursued by
Mr. Daines Harrington in his Obier^
vations on the Statutes, Lastly, after
noticmg something not very material
from Mr. Ducarel, he subjoins the re-
mark of Mr. Petit Andrews, that
** the first act aft'ecling the Poor, in
Henry Vllilh's reign, passed previous
even to the dissolution of the monas-
teries."
In the subsequent part of Uie Re-
view, another origin is suggested as
the real one: namely, the discovery
of America, and tiie depreciation of
the precious metals.
Now, not to mention that these
new causes assigned, being general t(»
all countries alike, and not confined
to England only, are therefore insuf-
ficient to acc(}unt for so partial au
eftect; it would not, I think, be diili-
cult to support the tint opinion, so
long ectabiished, that the **difsolutioa
•f Mouaslerief iraa the efficient cause.
or occasion, of the inititutioa of
Poor-ratei."
As to one of the causef mssigned, I
shall here only just observe, in passiogf
that if while moneys became depre-
ciated from its increai«ed quantity (a
greater number of pieces being then
required to express the same value)
— if, all this while, manufactures and *
the necessaries of life were increaaiog
in the same ratio — if new worldi were
opened for the superfluous populatioe
of Europe — if the powers of Jabonf
were multiplied by new-invented ma*
chinery — and if the increase of capital
kept pace with these, — then this
depreciation of money, from the
mines of America being opened (for
this, I presumie, is the meaning of the
other cause asMgned, and thus both
causes «are at bottom but one) this
depreciation is neutralised. If one
year ago a loaf might be bought for
sixpence, and this year a loaf can be
bought twice as good or twice aa
large for two sixpence:*, the proper*
tion between commodities and mooe?
stands unvaried. This actually took
p'ace in England : and it is for the
Reviewer to shew how it bappenevl
that the very reverse taking place io
Spain (the other co^intry assumed in
the comparison) a result was produced
in that country, the direct contrary
to what he would infer from his argn*
ment. For there never has l»een a
compulsory Poor-rate ia Spain, to
which America with its mines were
equally, or more open, than to Bng«
land. y
The inference drawn from the time
which elapsed between the dissolution
of monasteries and the earliest Poor-
rate, is for the most part obviated by
a fact mentioned in the Review itself.
Under the Fifth of Elizabeth, Jus-,
tices were empowered to tax for the
Poor. This is enough for our ques-
tion ; since, as to a perfect system of
Poor-rates, we are not arrived at that
point even now. tlere then 40 years
are struck off from the above 60
Now the reign of Mary not merely
suspcuJed the Hcformation,but made
great strides towards restoring the
old religious establishments; and the
short reign of Edward VI. was but a
weak and distracted Regency. This
brings us ncnrly back to the 31st and
l^h of Ilenry VIII. when the monaa^
teries ware suppressed. And during'
the short interval which remains,
eTea
creatiDg I but Ihnt now tor lb« first venue.
tine (bj the suppreiiion of moiiai- lo the roeaa while Spain eshibil«d
t«n«f) the hope nas hecbme a ra- a perrect cunlrail in its puliej. To
lional one, that they would decrcaie, uk the expretsiuns i>r the Review it-
and (bat a toraplete cure lu ao great selT, thougn it alteinpl* to draw a
u *vil in political ecouoio; might be quite diR'erent cund jdiiiii from Ihem,
effected. One principal cauie of it, '■ If »e nere to fii un the time when
flawing from the luonasleries, was the greatetl number of rni>na<leriei
gone. Tu >t(ip the increaic of an viere I'utjiided in Spaiii,>n'e ihuuld tay
eril, it the firat progress towardi di- the 16th centiirj ; and that is pre-
■niauhiag it. In this seme Lhe iiip- ciK.iy the period when the increasing
■renioD of the inunailerics lessened, numher ot it* Poor were most con-
isstead of increasing, the Poor; slant and alarming." No duubt, there
IhoDgb, at firnt, it leeined to have a was a concurrent reason fur Uii*.
eonknir; effect. At first, a teropo- Spain realized the table of Hidai.
rar^ overflow, from the discharge out The option being given lo ii, jostead
of IfaemoDUteries, wasoccasioned, no of preferring labour, industrj, and
doubt) but it was obvious that this, commodities, it took the precious
after a time, would sjbatde. The metals themselves. And Spain hai
fellacy of the Keviewer's reanuning is bocn ever since starving.
in confounding the two distinct ideas The discovery too of Amidica
of a poor subsisting on alms, wilh a (and we may add the Cafb of Good
poor supported h; a compulsdrj rate. Hope,) conlribnted lo diminish Ih*
The object of the former is to keep Poor, and that in the mutt direct
np the idle Poor; that of the- latter manner. It opened new fields of en-
il to havethorllj nu such Four at all. lerpriac ; iiew Mt(iement»fiir our po-
Thi* is beat eiemplified among the pnlaliim, who cuuld be reclaimed to
Qu«kcnaikdHelb4idiit*,«hobav«nu iuduslr]'. Idle po^ert}, ou the other
189
On the Origin and Polio/ of Poor Jtatas.
[FA.
band) coverf a whole country with a It should oot be orerlookeit toa
tta^natiog niartb, noxioui to all itf that, in the earlier asei of the Cbiirch,
iohabitaaU* The monasteries were iU refcnues were divided into thff
the springs and jreservoirs of so pesti- portions i one of these was allot^il tp
lential a nuisance. Upon the 4raiii» its officers ; on^ to the maipteniMM*
iu^ of tbcse> it was obviuus thai some
Jittie lime must elapse before the su-
perfluous matter coutd be drawn off,
aod dispersed, through the new.chan-
nels that were now opened for it.
Still the extent of the evil (its princi-
pal source beirg intercepted in Eng-
land at least) was now for the first time
limited. It could thus be estimated.
It became a practicable scheme to re-
duce it. Upon which the State com-
pelled its people to co-operate with it,
by submitting to a temporary tax, to
be applied by themselves for that
purpo^ only. Every thriving mao
bad a personal interest that this tax
upon his industry should be of as
of its building, and the remainiog
third was allotted to the Poor. But
on the suppression of the nionatleriai
the Church property was taken iot#
Lay hands. The State became a reli*
gious Patron, and iras bound to t^ke
the burthen along with the beoefiU
It knew how to distinguish between
those of the Poor who coukl be re*
claimed and made ier?ieeable, and
those who could not. That it did not
apply the remedy immediately upon
iU becoming necessary, is nothing ex-
traordinary, when we consider Ibe
proverbial slowneu of great bpdiea
to act in other matters of almofl
equal concern. Nor does it shew tkal
short duration as possible. This wat the State was not ultimately aclvtted
the origin and policy of the Pooa* by that necessity, ]^olicy, and equity,
aATBs. It was not that the numbers as so many efficient motiTes, iti
of the Poor were become too great
to be calculated; hut that dqw for
the first time they might be calculate
ed, and brought down to an assigna-
ble quantity, every day becommg
more and more evanescent. Other-
wise the case would have been hope-
less, and nothing would have been
done,-*-as in other countries nothing
in fact was done, except to keep up
and nourish the evil by indiscriminpte
alms, instead of laying a tax upon the
people, in the nature of a penalty, to
reduce it and do it away. ' This task
was undertaken by England. It is to
no purpose to vay, the event has
shewn how egregiously it was mis.*
taken. This might be owing to the
means, to the execution, to opposite
conflicf ing causes. But it has nothing
to do with this questions, *' What was
the motive, the real efficient cause,
or occasion* of the instjtuUpn of Poor-
rales ?** ill other Protest^t countries
such a measure was not resorted to—
perhaps because it was not necessairy!
iu England it was both practicable
and necessary, it was not emsy in-
deed for a laige, rich State, and mixed
Goveriiiiteut, to inspect minutely the
morals aud iudu4tr> of everv member
of the community, as might be done
in those smaller communities of the
Quakers afid Methodists(forexample),
.or even as in the still larger national
• communities of Holland, Scotlaudy or
Ireland.
itf
not heing thus actuated immediately
aud all at once. Still less doei the
circumstance of the event having
turned out so contrary to all expecta^
tion disprove its having bad those
motives, and that rectitude of hiten*
tion, that were worthy of. a better
fortune. It is probable indeed that
the failure of the experiment in Eng-
land will prevent the ever introducing
into Ireland the same system of Poor-
rales, without such qualifications at
least, and improved management, as
will ensure success. Nor would it be
at all surprising if some such improv-
ed design were now ripening in the
counsels of Govemmeut for the relief
of that Country. .
This subject is particularly interest-
ing at this time to Irishmen^ and to
every good man. It is the professed
theme of Mr. Shaw Mason's Parth
chiul Survejf of Ireland, which is now
carrying on under the countenance of
Government His materials have
naturally, in the first instance, been
furnished by the Ministers of the
Established Church, from his con-
nexion with them as Remembrancer
of the Board of First Fruits. Some
dofereuce too is due from a Protests
ant to the Established Churchy which
tplerates and protects all other reli*
^ions. But might we not indulge a
.hope that the Roman Catholic Clergj
in that country will vie with our
own in forwarding so charitable a
purpose)
maj indalge Ihe molt laDgaiae bopM poiure of Dork- plluleni betneen
that Mr. Shaw Masgn't work, frum the windowi, and door-wajt, pbia
the eitraordiaarf succeai it ha* had, conipartineDti ; chimiiej-)tiece, with
in tbe further progrm of hii Paro- a bold decoration to the frieze of lea-
cbial Survey*, will rouse (ucti an emu- like foliage and escallop ihellii cid-
lalioD in all rauks and profeiiioDi of iiig j^wtod with nautical iul>jecli.
people, and will *o powerfutlj, bj " On the hft, the three stone arch ei
HUtfaeDtic fact*, excile the attenlioii (icreen,) supported bf Corinthiaa
of Govcrament, that it will (having pillar*,'' bringing u* to tile grand
sow happilj procured peace fur the itairi; wallsof which nrepaiiited with
whole Wuriil) employ its earlieat lei- the «torj of Dtdog archttKClural and
■ure in placing the well-being of that landicape a ecu m pa m men It t " the
part oflhe United Kio^ am on a hit- ba*-reliefi and little square* (ciimpart-
Wg baiii, without fesurting to the ments) contain tiie episodical pnint-
iijtUiQ. ot* Poor-rates, carried up, at ing* of the same ilory ;" " cieliog
luit, to theii pretent high abuse io filled with the hgures of God* and
Eugland — the onl; derect, perliipi, Goildesies, Juno, Venu>, &c."crowni
in it' Cuustitutiun which, as it i* hn- the scene, which has upon ihe whole
■twicouldaul be perfect! L. S. (lakipg is the iucideotgl dccurativti*
134
ARCHITECTtTRAL INNOVATION, NO. CCL
[Fch^
of aerial architecture, vases, drape-
ries* &c.) a most superb display, in an
eflect pecuiiariy adapted to tievatc
the miDd on passiiv^ to the principal
floor. The parlour on the right of
(jail (eating-room) with the ** nicb
for a buiFette (side-board) with pilas-
iers (Corinthian), enriched with fruits
and flowers" by Ricci, of a striking
aspect; rich chimney-piece, of scrolls,
Tases, festoons of grapes, thyrsus, &c. ;
a superstructure sided by scrolls, in
which a basso-relievo of Bacchus and
Ariadne. Cieliiig, painted with the
Triumph of Neptune ard Amphitrile.
" Suite of large rooms," remarkable
/or richly sculptured chimney pieces,
in which are a pleasing variety of
rich scrolli, both in front and profile
directions ; friezes, some set with fes-
toons of drapery , others with festoons
of fruits and flowers; many tablets
take place, bearing masques, both of
huniao and BoimaJ semblances. These
chimney-pieces have most of them
tuperstructures of open triangular
and scroll pediments, inclosing bustos
|uh| vases. Cielings painted with
allegorical Pagan allusions. The
*^ bed-chamber ;*' over its chimney-
piece a basso-relievo of Venus and
Adonis attended by Cupids ; vases con-
taining fruits and flowers, &c. Ciel-
Ingr, a painting of Venus receiving the
golden prize from Paris. In the ad-
Joining *' large closet,*' are painted
alcoves, with circular heads, painted
also with sylvan scenes; scroll chim-
ney-piece in one of them ; cicling
pamled in the same style. Among
the noble suite of rooms on pr'mcipai
story, replete with increased embel-
lishments, is the *' apartment** (over
bed-chamber below), of most superb
adornments; chimney-piece, an ex-
cess of fruits, flowers, and foliages;
in its superstructure, bas-relief of Pa-
ris departing for the siege of Troy ;
fn the surrounding compartments
warlike instruments, &c. Cieling
painted, Paris and Ileleo, addressed
by Cassandra. From this room, the
^* Closet ;" curious and rich chimney-
piece, in scrolls run with draperies,
and frieze set with foliages and
flowers: cieling painted with Miner-
va reposing. But the cbet-d'ceuvrc
of the house is the *' Salon ;*' walls
and cieling entirely painted ; walls
shewing Coriuthian fluted. pilasters;
architectural splendid scenery be-
tween them, and in the general eota
IHature (most of the others in the dif*
ferent rooms, filled with carved folia-
ges^ heads, vases, &c.) spleoflid fo-
liages and draperies, with allegorical
figures engaged in subjects relating
to the *' Arts and Sciences.** Cbim-
uey-piece gorgeously overlaid with
foliages and draperies (carved in tbta
instance) ; in a largecompartment over
it, an infinity of Instruments with
suitable adornments, relating to the
Arts, in which Apollo and Daphne.
In the cieling, the *' round picture of
Gentileschi,** a most consummate re-
presentation of** Apollo*' listening to
a concert of the ** ii'me Muses,*' each
however accommodated with modem
musical instruments, virginal, harp,
violin, viol, bass, flute, trumpet^ haut-
boy, and tabor, musick-bookSy&c. Thr
surrounding decorations accompany-
ing this fine effort of the Artist* are
foliages, fruits^ flowers, caryatides
supporting aerial pieces of architec-
ture, and an infinity of other conge-
nial objects assimilating with the cen-
trical group, and partaking of that
peculiar manner of interior finishings
first introduced by Sir Christopher
Wren, and carried on, in undiminished
shew, though bending to tbe caprice
of succeeding design, even to the ar-
chitectural.example under illustration,
not by an actual Survey (at this time
barred against us), but from a distant
recollectioii of a visit once paid the
scene, as above stated. It may ha
possible, from the many repairs, alte*
rations, and improvements, the house
has sustained, under the directions of
varied-minded architects, clerks of
works, &c. little or none of the hrU
interior performances are now in be-
ing, or, if in being, partially left, and
moulded in with the progressive at*
tempts of < artists, mechanics, and
common labourers. In truth, we
have at heart a wish to carry on our
professional clue : if it partakes more
of visionary than real matter of fact,
still the undertaking may not be
thought nugatory, as it is certain,
such characters of internal architec-
ture, or something very like them,
must have rendered his Grace of
Buckingham's beloved house, in hit
day, the tbcme of public praise and
admiration I
Before the subject is dismissed, let
it be pointed out, that tbe ^reat out-
Hae
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The seTect and v»luS.le Libwry of '797, jusqu'ei. IBH; ou Chromque Se-
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drawn from the family Papers preserved
in the Archives at Blenheim ; and he
therefore solicits the communication of
any papers or d^icutnents, relative to the
Life and Actions of that great General
and illustrious Statesmaif, which may
be preserved in any other Collection.
Mr/ Hatcher, of Salisbury, is col-
lecting materials for a History of that
City, to correspond with Mr. Dods^
woRTn'9 "Account of the Cathedral."
A Histoiy dnd Destfrif^ion of Can*
terbary Ca(4iedral; illu«trit«i by 99
highly finished Engravings, frtra Dntw*
ings by T. Hastings, Membar of tb*
Royal Liverpool Academy. The ^luilt
to be executed, in an uaiform style, bjr
W. WOOLNOTH.
An improved Edition of a Treatise
on the Cultivation of Mangel Worsel
as Winter food for Cattle. By Mr. Fm-
DER Simpson."
A Series of Chemical Essays, by Mr.
Parkes, Author of the * Chemical Ca-
techism,' in four Pocket Volumes. Tbe
Essays are written in a familiar style, to
suit those Readers who are not yet pfo»
ficieilt in Chemical Science.
Index Indicatorius. >
We heartily thank D. and our other
Salopian Friends, for their kindness.
We take in good part the Reproof of
Mr. W. Lumley ; and will profit by hi
We submit to the candour of RusTf-
cus, the impossibility, ia a Miscellaneous
Publication, that every Article shonld h4
palatable to every Reader. He will not
often find his amusement interrupted b^
MrtthetnaHeks,
We may venture to whisper to do-
LOGICU6, that we were imposed on by
tbe bUuminmu article on whieh be Teiy
ably and seriously comments.
Whilst the fate of the Propertt Tat
was uncertain, a Patriot^* Letter would
have made a good Pamphlet. But iht
Burial it gone hy.
HoNBSTUS on the Bank Dividends
would obtain a direct answer at any
General Court of Proprietors.
Two Volumes of Sermons by the late
Dr. ScoTT were announced for publican
tionby Mr. Clapham three years ago,
during which period the Doctor, (as our
Obituary remarks) has been emplojred
in preparing them for the Press ; but a
doubt at the same time being expressed
as to their publication, many Clergymen
who heard his Discourses befbre tbe tint*
▼ersity, wish to know whether they may
expect to read them*
A Correspondent who has been formf
ing a List of Anniversary Preachers
for the Magdalen Charity, from its first
institution to the present time, -has
not been able to discover who were the
Preachers for the years 1770, 1771,
1773, 1779, 1780, I781.and 1783 j and
solicits information on the subject.
The View of Bennett's Hill j R. B.
Wheler ; The Pantheon ; H. L^-Kf
Otiosus ; &c. in our next.
One ol the Committee of "The Society
for preventing Accidents in Coal Mines,"
requests a short account of the *' Direc-
tors of Mines in Prance," and refer-
ences to any foreign books that may
add to the Society's stock of ioformation .
REVIEW
t w» 1
« V
RfiVlfiW OF NEW PUBLICATiC^S. ,.
fim iaifyinng' imio thf iuossety Serviemt
mmd CUim^'tfik9 Am«rt<uHi JLtijfaUtts,
mi ike Que «fthe AFW* hehntm Qtft
. Britain amd her QUmriet^ in 1783:
with on Aeeeuni ef the Compemtttien
gremted te them i^ FmHament .in
1785. oml' 1788. By Jobn fturdlcy
Wilnot, £94, %vo. 1^. SOB; NiMittIs,
Sdo» mmd B^llej.
able to this 6r any othei* G.omi*
fr?, than lire formaCion of thb Com-
ninion^aod the good faith, dlitretibfol
and humaDUjf, of the Cominiisionerif^
** Soonaltci^ the dtath of th« Alanyiif
^ Ro€^ngliaia»..m July 178S» and tb«
afpirintiMnt e£ the Earl of Sbtlbjume
faftem«4s.«nated Marquis of Lana-
oo^n^^) tnfoec^ him, Lo?dShelburQq,<
]Md nqvinated, and the Poard of Tiea*
ittlQF appointed^ JohnWilmot and S|«>P«
Cialpe, .f«qvunii» Wh Ifemb^rs of Pa4i»T
t|Mait»'*To Inquivfl into tha <?ases of aU
tboAnifneaii SufferuMyhoth of tl^of^who
aiNadjK derive aasfstancr frqtm j^he.Pub*
llal(4 fmolthosa who wans ebMminf^ it^
ah^ tf repovt their opinion ihoreon to
<*. A* b^ tbesa Gentlemen were 11^
Furiianieiity and- it was conceived thif
boftiness might be effected in two ov
three months, consistently with their
other avocations ; they undertook tkif
arduous and invidipos task, on the ex-
press condition*^ ^ot to receive angf
pecuniary compensation for it ; because,
as they had hitherto acted iadependently
IB Parliament, they did not chuse to
r'.: I
make themselves- liable to the impmlaf
tion of a Minister^X Job« ior andi«ii^
flnence in their rParliameintaiy.O9n4ii0t»
though, without any party htaa,j|higp-lka4
feneraUy voted aieaiast the*A«iM(iea»
War. — Hariai; apariiaents and* eMts
assigned them at th«iTfBasnry> the^.liiN
mediately enteied on this hniinesaln
Oetober, and , began wkh the eaiatinf
Iniit of 316 PefBQus-r^4^iving theiannqi^
sum of 4a,S8UX. ;T4iey saw, exaaiine4
and took ck>wir>in their own handsv^tiha
cases and .ciroumstanaes^of aaicl^ in^
vidnals ^hey.,neiiuad-<af|d. jaoted.snaht
eerta^atai^iand paptm as aaeh bad ta
produee ; «nd rf!<viired t^ aitenckanaa
nf ^ueh peivoHS aa might ha ahte |o aai^
firm or to explain thff.imeriMlf t&a }o<$e%
and other circnmstanibea ol .«aeb. au^
Th^ rapsrt^di tlmir prQfiiwduifi= nrom
4imo ta time to* theJBqard af Treafniy»
wMeb eonfinned thalr Baporta in evary
instanop^ . Tha.JBaard aflll^asuiy. ali-
stipned froBf i^antinf aogr raMef to any
individnab nNpaver patfaniaed, ofeefi
•la ponsaquenaa ^ thaia imfiotUgaiian
and ilaport<^aqd^S!y a»adeaiiaill and
datailed $tam»epii,al. theU* Psaaeedings
lalative ta>tha aaistinclasty in-Januaay
l7-W." . .>f ; : .. ■ ar- ' :
We Beleei;;dfre C^fe, at Aeitrfrfeci
bf it wfi3 a ^H-known character :
■ ' . . ' .' . . '
** In New Jersey, Governor Frankiin»
notwithstanding every temptation and
inducement held out to faim by his fa-
ther. Dr. Franklin, to take part witi^the
Colonies, had taken a deteripined and
activ^e part in favour. of Great BfitaiOf
which was the dause of hie early imprw-
. * **• Lord Sbelbnme had veAt to speak to Mr. Wilmot> m August, but h^ ^as in
tlw eoontry. In September he received from his Lordship the following letter :
^ Dear Sir; Mr. Rose waits uponyow, to mention a matter whtcb- 1 proposed to do
nayself, and wilt further explain to y6u v¥hen I return to town. I shall be very
happy, if year time and health admit of your giving the King and the Publick yoor
aasistance in a bosfness wbieh- requires your character still more than yxmr afjplica^
tion. The sum given to the Ameriean Loyalists is become enormous ; some limit
is necessary, and a judgment to be formed by some impartial person or persons
of their claims. It would give the Board of Treasury great satisfaction if you
vrould undertake it. You may take what associates yon please, and command every
assutan(«e, Ac. &e.— 4tb Sent. 1782. Shelburne."
f " Extract of a letter from D. P. Coke to John Wilmot, esq. Sept. $5, 1782 ;
' You do me honour in supposii^g that I can be of any assistance to you in this
business, and I think you do yourst^f great honour in proposing to enter upon the
Inquiry without any eompensation ; after which, I have no merit in saying that I
would not embark in a business of this sort upon any other terms. Upon sueh
terms, and with such a Colleague^ I can have no objection to give my time and at-
tention to it ; feeling, as I do, the necessity there is at this* moment for tiie stfrietest
mconomy in erery department of the State. From my knowledge of you and yonr
pdblic conduct, it. is unnecessary for me to say, that I suppose wepled«;e otirftelvea
io nothing unconnected with the subject of our Inquiry ^dic. Daniel Parker Coke.' "
GENT. Mac. Fekruarjfs 1^1 5* soivinent
136 Literary Intelliqencf. — Index lymcATOittOs. [Feb.
An Autbenti« Nimitive oF the Iiwi- A Hittoiy and DcMriptlon oT Can-
■Ion of Fnnce in 1814, ineludinf; the terbaiy Citfaedral; illuitnlitd bj S9
Hial»ry of the Reatontlon. By M. de highly nniihed Ea^ravinip, fr«m Draw-
BuucHAMP, Author of tie History of infs by T. Hastimos, Member of tbt
the War hi LaVendfe. R^al Liverpool Academy. The wbob
An Octavo Edition of Mr. Scott's to be fxaeutpd, in ui unifMiB itylt, bf
' Lord of the Islea." W. Woolnoth,
The Second Edition of Mr. Southkv's An improved Edition of a Treatiie
« Roderick, the Uat of the Gotbi;" on the CaltivBtion of Manpl WqitcI
and a new Edition of Mr. Southev's as Winter food for Cattle. ^ Mr. Pin-
Poems, including the Metrical Tales, deb Sinrvm."
and some Pieces never before published. A Series of Cbemical Euaya, hy Mr.
The Translation of LuclEN BuoNA' pAKKca, Author of the ' Chemical Ca-
raicT'E'a "Charlemagne," by the Rev. tecbism,' in four Packet Volumes. The
Sjimuci. Butlbb, D.D. and the Rev. Essays are written in a familiar style, to
niAMCil HoDGMN, M.A. Suit tboie Reailcrs who are not yet pro-
A Fourth Edition of the Poem on ficient in Chemical Science.
"Cunrersath>n,"ciinBlderablyenIarf;ed[ — ^
with Poelical Portraits of the Principal Inabx Indicato«iu3. i
Members of the late Dr. Samuel John- We heartily thank D. and our otlwr
son's Ctub. By William Coosr, esq. uf Salopian Friends, tor tbelr kindness,
the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law. We take in good part the Reproof of
The White Doe of Rytstone, or the Mr. W. Lumlev ; and wiU profit by it.
Fate (,f the Norlona ; ii Poem, by Mr. We submit to the candour of Rurri'
William Wordsworth. ci;s, theimpossibility, in aMiacellaneoos
Cuy Hannering, or the AstroloEer. Publication, that n^eryiAlitieabooid be
By (he Authorof " Waverley." palatable to every Aeadrr. He will not
A new Edition of the Baronetage of often find hit aitniaenietit interrupted bjr
England, carefully revised, enlarged, and Mathtmatickt.
corrected throughout, including 106 We may venture to whiaper to €■••
Bironets Dot in the former Ekiition, List logicui, that we were imposed on b^
of Eitinct, and of tho<e Baronets who the Muntbum article on which ba Tery
have been advanced to the dignity of the ably and serionsly eomnents.
PecraRe, of such persona who have re- Whilst the fate of the PaowaTt Tal
ceivcd the honour of Knighthood, and wai uncertain, a Patbiot*! Latter would
of British subjects holding Foreign Or- have made a good Pamphlet. Bmtli*
ders. By John DEaaEir. Burial it gane bg.
Memcira of Lndy Hamilton ; dikwn Honestu* on the Bank INviduid*
frnm original sources of information, would obtain a direet anamr at aaj
Md comprising Anecdotes of vorioas General Court of Proprieton.
<Hatln|!itiahed Personagea. Two Voluuies of Sermons by th* Ut*
'Gitracts from the INary, Uedita- Dr. ScoTT were announced for pnUics.
Huns, and Letters of Mr. JotEPH Wil- tionhy Mr. Clapbam three yeua afa,
litAHS of Kidderminster, nith additions
from the Author's short hand and other
main I scrip! a. By Mr. Hanbukv.
A singular work on Occult Philosophy,
including the Lives of all the antient
Alchemittical Philosuphcn, a Critical
Catalo);ae of their Writings, and a selec-
tion of (he most celebratad Treatises on
theTlieoi^ftc. of tbs Hermetic Art.
ITtTki preparing /»■ Pvhlkatiim:
Mr. Archdeacon Coxe ia at present
engaged in writing the Memoirs of John
Duke of Marlbohouqii, principally
drawn from the family I'apers preserved
!n the Arciiives at BIciilieiw ; and he
therefore solicits ilie common icattun of
any paperaoriV>cuu)ents, relative to Ibe
Life and A.ctiuua of that great General
and ilhulriuus Staiesmair, which may
ba preserved in any other Collection.
Mr, Hatcher, of 8»lMor)-, is taV
laciins materials for a History of that
City, to correspond with Mr. Dottt' .-
(torth'r "Account of Ibe Cathedral."
■lent, but would not bave you come
here »t presenl. Vuu may confide to
jour con the family aflairs you wisbed to
conter upon witb me, for be ii diacreet :
and I trust tbat you will prudently
avoid introducing biin to company that
it may be improper for him to be seen
wUb. I ahall hear froiD you by him ;
and letten to me afterwards will come
Mfe under cover directed to Mr. Ferdi-
sand Grand, banker, at Paris. — Wishing
you health, and more bappineu than it
seems you have lately experienced, I
Kmain your affectionate father,
B. Fbasklim."
lu concluding his very iateresling
Historical Vieiv, Mr. Wilmot *ajt,
" Whatever may be said of this un-
fortunate War, either to account for,
to justify, or to apologise for the conduct
of either Country ; all the World has
been unanimous in applauding tbe just
tice and tbe bumanity of Great Britain,
in rewarding tbe Services, aud in cum-
pensatiuf ,wilb a liberal band, the Louses
of those who tuCfered so much for their
Bri> and faithful adherence to tbe Bii-
tish Giovcmnient. — However, therefore,
wv may deplore the causes, the progrect.
13. Athena OtanienseB. An exact Hit-
lory of all the Writera and Biihepi
wAo have had their Educaiien in the
Unit/erjity of Oifonl. To whick art.
aitdtd The Fasti, or Antutis of the smd
Cidieniig. By Anthony i. Wood,
M. A. gftSenoa CiilUge. A new Edi-
tim, uiilh AddUioiu, and aOmiinualitii
by Philip IHiss. Pillow e/.%.Jobii's
College, fol. /. 410. yp. Ti8.
WF, haTe Bccidcotally much too
long (lelajeil the notice of this verj
elegant repiibli cation i which iloe*
Mr. BliiH great credit, and which, .
alter all, we cannot better desrribs
than la the wor.ls of the Preface,
which is every thing that il shuuld
be — coQciie, clear, and matilj.
well
that
point
140 Review of New PubKcaivonB. [Feb
titms.-— The first edition, which appear- to have printed in Holland, in order t»
ed in the years 169 1 and 1699, althou^ escape the jurisdietion of oit Licenser^
not printed under the itn mediate supei^ or the intetfereaee of his acquaintandU *.'
iittendance of the Author, may be consi- In his last lioiirs, Wood was advised by
dered as entirely proceeding from him. Dr. Cbarlet to entrust the cars of hit
It is true that some few passa^s were papers relative to' the Athene, to Mr.
rejected "by the Licenser, and a few Tt^Miias Tanner of All Souls' College^ al«
others, as he himself somewhat pettishly terwards Bishop of St. Asaph. To tliia lit •
infermB us, were altered by his own cdnsented, and his numerovs MS Col-
friends ; but, as there can t>e no doubt lections were, immediately afttr \M
that this was the genuine work of the death, delivered to Mr. Tanner for the
Author, so must be be regarded as an- purpose of publication. —There ean bt
sw^rablie for every statement and cha- little doubt iMit that Wood intended all
racter it contains. — It has been thought his papers should see the light without
thfe ■ more necessary to insist on this any reserve ; and, indeed, he appears to-
pohit, since Wood has incurred great have been particularly solicitous on this
ret|»roaoh, because, at the time the pro- point in his last interview with Dr.
ceedings against him by Lord Clarendon Charlet. Heame informs usf , that when
were pending, he denied himself to be Tanner was recommended to him, he
the . author of the Second Volume of cried out with much vehemence, Hmih
Athens Oxonienses altogether. This he courage? ff^ill he be honest f And he
clkarge has been frequently repeated, repeated these words several times with
and, in some instances, has been made great energy, nor, until be was thcv
to throw a doubt on the veracity of all roughly satisfied on this head, would he
bis statements as an author. But commit his Collections to the guArdian-
Wood's answerto the accusation against ship of Mr. Tanner. — For what reason
liini, in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, Tanner neglected to execute his trusty
should be considered rather as the an- and publish the contents of Wood's
swer of his Proctor than of himself; papers, it would now foe useless to in*
and the exceptions and the denial should quire; but it may safely be conjectured^
be regarded as those franked for him by that he found too many unfavourable
his legal advisers. These persons, well characters of persons then living, or hut
aware of the strong party spirit at that recently dead, to render such a measupe
time raging in the University, conceived either gratifying or prudent i add to
that the only means of defeating the which, he soon after meditated a llt»*
prosecution would be to compel their rary undertaking, id the executien of
opponents to prove Wood the author of which Wood's labeurs proved of essen*
the obnoxious passages, which could tial service : this was his BiHiothe§m
only be accomplished by entirely disown- BrUannicO-Hilemicay a volume of wbii^
ing the publication. If this be the case, every page owes infinite obligations to^
all accusations against Wood's veracity, the Athene, and in which several lives
or against his courage and consistency, are acknowledged to be derived from
are refuted ; for the denial in the de- the third volume, then in MS. •* As
fence will then be attributed to the things were thus situated, it is probable
right person, namely, the Defendant's that Wood's additional papers would
Proctor, who, in the discharge of bis never have appeared before the publiek,
duty, took every legal means of repel- had not Tonson the bookseller medi-
ling the accusations against his Client, tated a new edition of the whole work.*
although without success. —To the two For this purpose, he purchased the co^y-
Yolunies already mcintioned, it was right of Mr. Wood's executrix, and then
Wood's intention to have added a third, applied, through Laurence £chard, to
containing the Lives of Writers before Dr. Tanner for the materials comprising
accidentally omitted, and of such others the third volume. After some debate
as had died after the appearance of his relative to the price, Taiuier consented
work. This volume, had he not been to give up 'the papers, and the new
prevented by deatb, it was his intention Lives were either incorporated with, or
^Dmim^m, • ■ 11 ■ I ' I I ■ I ■ II ■ II I -, I. .. I ■ . . . I . ■■ .1. I ■ ' I ■ «
♦ " Ant. i Wood, as Mr. Hudson told me, consulted with him (knowing that be
had great correspondence with the chief men in Holland,) how to get his third vol.
of AtliencB Oxon. printed there. When he was asked the reason why he would not
have it printed In England, he answered, that his other books had suffered so much
by the liberiy that some men took of expunging what they pleased, that he v^ould
never suffer any book of his to be committed to an English press again. He more-
over added, (to use his own words,) * when this volume comes out, I'le make you
hugh again.' Hearne, MS Collections, vol. r. 140." f «• Ibid, vol jccii. 193."
appended
/"
I>r.6oHt)i. But there is ■ vmt muhi-
tu4e of other i>b}ectiom. I do not doubt
but Tinner wu ^ided by hii croDj' Dr.
Arthur Ctiarkt — * great admirer of
Walli* and Bathurst, and a hater of
Sonth.' A^int, < Mr, CollinB of Mag-
' dalen Caltegie told ine, [hu Anlhony L
Wood, if Mvivg, would be glad if the
University would burn the new edition
of AtKeoB Oton. though he was much
diRpleesed that tbey burnt the fint. in-
ile«d tbii new edition is bo very paltry and
■illy a book, that nothing can be worse.
Things ape ascribed to Anthony that he
neither would nor could write. 1 re-
member ona thing particularly ; vii,
that it it said in this new editioo that
Mr. Richard Lloyd left several children,
one of which was Will Lloyil, Am Bishop
of St. Asaph, then of Litchfield and Co-
ventry, and at length uf Worcester.
Now Anthony died A" 1695, and Lluyd
It made Bishop of Worcester till
gin, 10 that both readings may be re-
ferred to at the same time. The aditi-
fioru to the second edition are distin-
guished by inverted commas, and tfaoie
passages which are entirely new, both in
and n
veil as
efew
four ye;
5 after
Uaiiy other passages might be broiig
forward, in which the second edition
spoLea of in terms equally harsh ai
additional Lives, are endused between
brackets. The folios as numbered in
the edition of nSl, are given oa the
margin, to render the present copy ap-
plicable fur reference in the perusal of
former Writers, whose works have been
published auhsi^quent t* (hat, and pre-
vious to Ibis edition. Evident erron
have been frequently corrected without
the parade of a note, since that minute-
nets must bR considered as useless which
retains the mistakes of an author,
merely for the i.ake of bibliographical
Poet's life has been recorded, b sped'
men friim some one of his productions
is added ; an insertion which, whilst it
occupies but a small space in the work,
will, it is hoped, be acceptable to the
admirers of our early literature. The
same remark applies to the List of en-
t;raved Portraits, at the end of ench.
article. In this it has been my inten-
tiou to notice a fciT of the best speci-
14f
Meoiew of New Puhlicaiims.
[Feb.
mens af the trt, rather than to select
the scarcest pr most expensive. The
insertion of the reference in the Bodleian
Catalogfucs, by which most of the works
noticed may be discovered, whilst it will
be peculiarly useful to Readers resident
IB Oxford, will also inform literary men
in general whether any book of particu-«
lar interest or rarity is to be found among
the treasures in our University Library.
It will be remarked that at the end of
every addition, for which 1 am indebted
to MS notes or friendly communications,
I have inserted the name of the writer
on. whose authority it is offered : and it
may not be impertinent to state the
different sources from which so large a
portion of the new Athenae has been
derived.
«The notes by White KenRett,'Bi8hop
of Peterborough, are contained in the
margins of an interleaved copy of the
first edition. This copy was purchased,
for the sum of five guineas and a half,
by the late Mr. Gougb, from the library
of James West, esq. President of the
Royal Society. Mr. Gough presented
this valuable book to the Rev. Mr. Arch*
deacon Churton for his life, directing
that, at Mr. Churton's decease, it might
be placed with the rest of his noble
benefaction to the Bodleian Library.
But Mr. Churton, with an eagerness to
promote every literary undertaking that
always distinguishes him, no sooner un-
derstood that a new edition of the
Athense was in . preparation, than he
most liberalh^ transmitted the volumes
'to the Bodleian, in order that 1 might
have access to the information they
contained. This consists chiefly of ex-
tracts from Parish Registers, and from
other Ecclesiastical documents, collect-
ed with extraordinaiy diligence, during
a series of many years. 1 have endea-
voured, in most instances, to give these
notes in Dr. Kennett's own words and
orthography } but it will be observed, in
some few instances, that 1 have been
tempted to translate the names of the
preferments, in order to render the nar-
rative more connected, and the language
uniform '('.—Those by the Rev. Thomas
Baker, of St. John's College, Cambridge,
were xtranscribed by the late Rev. Wil-
liam Cole, of King's College, for his own
use, and inserted in a large-paper copy
of the Athene, which wai purchasedlbj
Craven Ord, esq. The active frlendBhip
of my worthy kinsman, JohoNicbolff^
esq. the Historian of Leicetterthife, in- ,
duced the fortunate possessor of tbi»
book to dispose of it to the proprieCois
of the new edition ; and the value and
importance of the notes will be dlico-
vend in every page.— Bishop Tanner**
additions are taken from his own copgr
of the Athene, now in the Bodleian.—
Dr. Rawlinson's notes on the printad
volumes' of the work are preserved, witli
his collections towards a Continuation,
in the Bodleian. They are neither nu-
merous nor interesting. — The correc-
tions and additions by Humfrey Wanlcj
are contained in a copy now preserved
in the library of the Royal Institution.
The same copy also has some notes bj
Morant, the Historian of Essex^— Peck's
ncytes were transmitted to Dr.Rawlin^
son, and are among his MSS. in tb«
Bodleian.— The same may be stated of
two small volumes of notes written by
the Rev. Robert Watts,. Fellow of St.
John's College, and afterwards Rector of
Great Gidding in Huntingdonshire,
which were transcribed for Dr. Rawlin-
son's use by the Rev. John Jones, of St.
John's College, from the original MS. in
the possession of the Rev. Thomas Per*
rar. — Sir Philip Sydenham's notes were
transcribed by Dr. Rawlinson from the
originals, and are now in the Bodleian.—
Bishop Humphreys's additions were first,
printed by Heame, from a copy givea
him by Mr. Baker, inTho. Caii FmHeUt^
Oxon. 1730. They are now faithfuU/
reprinted, and arranged in their respeo- '
tive places.— Cole's notes are contained
in the same volumes with those of Baker
before mentioned. Coningsby's in a
copy in the library of Baliolt College.
Bowles's in a copy in the libraiy of Sion
College ; for which I am obliged to th»
Rev. Robert Watts, the present librarian.
Wballey's in a copy now in the posteo-
sion of Mr. Francis Godolphin Waldron,
for whose prompt and friendly commu*
nication I beg to return my sincere
acknowledgments. — The notes by John
Loveday, esq. of Caversham, near Read- '
ing, are on the margins of.^ jopy in the
library of that family, and for these I am
again obtiged to the kind interference of
Mr. Churton.
* ** Why Tanner should have rejected Kennett's notes, 1 cannot discover. Mr.
D'lsraeli has obligingly transmitted the following extract from an unpublished
letter in the liritish Museum, w^ritteu by Anthony Collins to Mr. Des Maiseaux, on
this subject : ' Jan. 5, J7S1. If that you have been informed of Wood's new edition
be true, it will render it of little credit. I ani told, by a good hand, that Dr.
Tanner, the editor, refused to accept of the additions made by Dr. Kennett to
Wood, which were very Urge, and which the De€t(>r offered. to have published in
the way of notes.* "
"To
{ntefulj And at the same time that, in doI it xll bcuoiis equally dwpoud forthe
CoiDBton with tlK rest u( m;' Cullega, 1 drudgery or reiearch ; and tbat they will
■hall lament his Iocs, I cRnnot but can- give me rredil far a decire to be accu-
patalate the Fellows of Oriel on the ae- rate, bowerer I may bare failed in the
quiiitioa o[ so ffreat aa ornament to eiecution of my taik. Iftheiewbadi*-'
(heir Society. — Mr. Browne Hostyn, of caver my fauita will osiiat me in amend-
Kiddingtan, has my best thanks fur hii ing them, I iball be grateful for their
very polite attentions to me when I was reproofi, and will talce especial care that
in SBarch of an original portrait of the every omiision or mii-stalement that
celebrated Cardinal Allan ) and I can- may i>e pointed out to me, shall be ae-
not, ill justice, refrain from noticing the kriowledged and corrected in the coune
liberality with wMdi he allowed me of the work: — I thall conclude with the
every access to his huu^e and his curious words of my Author, in hii Preface to
collection of original paintings. — 1 am the Anli^uitigl of oifvri, the truth of
obliged to Mr. Lawrence, uf George- which will be readily allowed by thosa
street, Portman-square, for a curious who have enga^d in a limitar under-
article relative to his own family, which taking, and which may samewhat soften
I could not have obtained from any the asperityof thole whomay beinclined
•tber quarter. And to Walter M.Mose- to condemn my portion irf the volume*
ley, esq. of Wyntcrdere House, Worcea- before thcni, • A painfull work it is I'll
lenhire, for infarniatiDn of the same asstire you, and more than difficult,
4Mcii(itiom— To tbii Rer. John Walker, wbartin wfau tofle hath bem taken, aa
144
Review of Nem PtAUeatiens.
IWd^
no man thinketh, so no nan belicrettT,
iMit he that hath made the triall'
Philip Bliss."
The First Yolame does Mr. Bliss
^reat credit; and we hope irery
shortly to be able to give some «ptf-
eimem from the Second.
14. Poems and Imitatiow. Bjf Daniel
Cabanel, ff LincoUk's Inn, «0f . %¥0m
fp. \92. Bickerstaff.
THESE are the efiasions of a Hbe-
ral and enlightened mind. The first
of them, *^* British Scenery," (pub-
lished anonymously in 1811,) '*is the
product of a variety of rambles by
one who has been a contemplative
wanderer from his ^outh» and who.se
adroiratioB of British iaodscape cob-
tiDues undiminished.''
The learned Author thus describes
himself, and some of the places of
bu occasional residence :
'< Scarce from Carthusian pupilage re-
leased,
Oxonia's cloister'd solitudes receiv'd
My willing feet ; Oxonia— school of arts.
For Learning and for Loyalty renown'd.
Hail seats of Alfred! hail sequester'd
shades ! [flight
Amid whose placid bounds, with noiseless
Years glided on> books, and well-nurtur'd
friends
Lent wings to time : here Addison rctir'd
To woo the Muse, in MagdMen's studious
cells, [Wickham's bowers,
Ai^d high-arcb'd walks ; and here, in
The brother Wartons caught poetic fire *.
Tbe Bard of Fancy, Memory oft recalls
With fond regret; in converse, as in song.
Alike conspicuous : gentle Hurdis, here,
Tbe village auuals in appropriate lays
Tun'd to no common lyre : here pious
Jones
Imbib'd tbe lore of India, doomed to close
(Far from his natal soil and friends be-
lov*d) [fame.
A life of Christian worth, and letter'd
Here Heber's stripling Muse portray'd tbe
Of Fale&tioe in energetic strains; [fate
With early academic laurels crown'd.
Long is tbe list, immeasurably Ions I
Of Alma Mater's worthies; from tbe age
Of Bacon (deem'd with magic power en-
dued [brass),
T' encompass England with a wall of
To times when Grenville occupies the
chair, [worth.
Left vacant erst by Portland's buried
Countless her gifted sons, since Alfred's
hand
FTrst kud tbe rudiments of future Fanes«
And Colleges, and Halls, and Domes
superb!
In Oafbnl's precincts, seated aect the
well [fcMC^d.
Of hapless Rosamond, (now stsonglv
Ta guard its eiystal charge from towns
impufe,)
Froadly magnilleent, (tbe pondersusrwvrle
Of Vanbur^, Afchiteet ot grand design
And princely structure,) Bknheim nrart
its bead ;
Blenheim*, the ofiTeringof agratefnl landl
To Marlbfo^s martial deeds, and trophiedl
fame. [Bards,
The British Annals teem with Patriots,
Heroe8,and Sages' vers'd inWisdoaii'slore}
Distingttish'd names that moek the
seytbe of Time !
First in the Patriotic list appears
The name of Chatham { Gallia's woM
turn pale—
For 'tis a name that lerelPd with the dost
The might of Boorbon-^'tis a Bttne r»>
▼er'd
By every true-born Britetf^His a name
That shall exist, though Britain's glorte
fade— [flMiwI
And Britain's Navy rule the waif«s mo
Numerous her list of Heroes, from the
age [fem'dl
Of Blake to Nelson ; and from MarUHW'^
For courage Hnk'd with coolness, -to ttte
Chief
Whose high expk>it8 on Lusitania's shore
Have foird the boasted Captains of tbe
Foe, [Bards,
Before unconquer^d ; long the* ihie ef
From Spenser — Shak9peai>^**4^iUon — ttf
the date Pay***
Of Cowper; smd the Border Mhistrtrs
After Keqt, Sussex, Hampshire,, the
Isle oi Wight, Dorsetshire, Cornwall,
Devonshire,, and Somersetshire, are
successively eulogiaed, Mr. Cabaael;
thus proceeds,
«0f slender nerve -~ ill suited to the
storm ; [tnapes,
A calm retreat in these tempestuous
Indulgent Heaven affords me ; stretcVd
between
Tbe rural tenements of Sion Bill,
And Lansdown's steep ascent; while, far
beneath,
Avona rolls her slowly winding wtrre.
Seen partially; and oft at dusky eve.
The Nymph, with dank and dripping 6n-
gers, spreads
Her misty mantle o'er the silent vale.
Mix'd with sulphureous fumes, the steam
extends
E'en to the foot of Sion ;— Oh forbid!
* ** Blenheim, though a heavy, is a veiy
miyestic structure, and has more the
appearance of a Palace than any I have
seen in Britain. The Park is extensive,
and abounds in varied view.**
(Pro-
Hteocc to the ioBuence of Italian
■kiei, aod llaliaii iccnerj ; from
vhicb CoDntrj it,HEi« lent, m an Epii-
tie to B FrieDd, mure than twentj-
eight jeart ^o : the Adninnilory
put hu been iince added, andadapled
to the peculiar circumitancei of the
timei when it waa firit lubmitled to
die publirk." Bolli theie Poemii are
BOW " reprinted wilh very considera-
ble corrections and additioni, toge-
ther with lorae oraitiiDLii and altera-
ttona." Among the smaller Toemi
are, an " Ode to Juttice," an Exerclie
at the Charter-huute, and printed in
the Carmina Carlbujiiana, IT8O1 and
" linitalioni of a few jpecimeni of
uiTGineiuigDiosDOun 10 joy!
We'll despisE each idle rumour
or that age, tu love gerere—
When Ihe treises lilver-d over.
Speak the grisly Phantom near.
Swiftly bounds the mettled CourMT;
Snift the Sying momenta move ;
Hastel ob baste my bettlOlel
Give the fleetine hour to I^ove !"
15. TlieJUatlitri if MoorRMa : afumi.
By the ln(e Anthony Griffinhoof, GtM.
13mo. pp. 87. Miller,
THIS ItveljjeU'dVsprfJ it formed
on the famou* Dialogue, in Borace,
"between Ihe Poet and Damaiippust
wherein the stoical majEiin, that alf
• To whom does Ibis noble maoBion no'. belong ? Edit.
t " Not being able CO translate the first stania of the Origin ai literally with any
degree ot felicity, I have introduced a slaiiza of my own, in which tbe leading idea it
]wcserved, anil the flcetnessuf ibc Courser subctiTuted far that of tbe Arrow. Soma
other liberties of the same kind have been o«ca*ioraUv taken in endeavoaringlo
reader the sense of several passages in different specimens, which, I bope, may ba
allow^le in one who professes to be merely an Imitator of these choice mortds of
Italian poccy; and bas attended more to the spirit than the letter of the Uriglnalr.
1, however. Batter myself tbe devlationa are neitber nuoKroiis, aft of material
Gbbt. Hag. Februarjr, 1815.
U6
Heview if New PvhticaHom.
[Fek
men are actually mdd^ U treated with
^ch exquisite humour ;" and has ap-
par<^Qtl V sprung^ from the lame source
n§ the fate justly-adraired '* Rejected
Addresses." The same yein of satiric
raillery pervades both publications;
and even seme of ihe same charac-
ters are introduced.
. ' In an Advertrsement, dated August
8y 1814, the Author sajs,
**Il maybe adviseable, ^ith respedt
to some passages in tbe following p^^es,
to apprize tbe Reader, that the* greatest
part of thh little work was written last
year [1813.] And it is humbly presumed,
although the occurrences to which the
passages in question advert, are now
gone by, that they have not, even yet,
so far lost their interest, as to make it
necessary to suppn ss the allusions."
The scene of the Vision is at ** The
Masquerade of Moorfields;" where
the various characters are introduced,
enacting their several parts.
To select particular individuals,
might be invidious; but the Reader
of these witty pages will be at no toss
to Jit the caps, though the variety is
considerable ; — consisting of Poets,
Philosophers, Senators, Gnildhall Ora-
tors, Gourmands, and Quack Doctors.
One slight sketch we venture to
copy, as it will fall an imbelle ttlum
on the worthy character it is intended
to designate ; who will, we are confi-
dent, be one of tbe first to smile at
the Author's wit.
**Let me beg of you to notice thaA
portly figure so conspicuous before tbe
rest, who is not only an Alderman, but
a ^ronet, a Member of Parliament,
and moreover, the staunchest epicure of
the party. The mania, which he now
exhibits, operated so forcibly upon him
a few years ago, that he prevailed upon
the Government to suffer hi)n to accom-
pany a grand Expedition, which was
then sailing, in the capacity of Sutler
General: an office which was created
specially for bim, and the honorary title
•f which be has retained ever since.*'
15. Charlemagne; om, VEglise Delivrie:
PohneEpiquCf en ymgtqaatre Chants,
Par Lucien Buonaparte, Membre de
VInstitut de France, ^c. ^'c. Chez
Longman^ et Bossange et Masson. 2
vols, 4to,
«
We have repeatedly had occasion
io remark 'OO the extraordinary vicis-
litades in human affaira during the
last thirty years : in the case imme-
diately before ui, there, is room for
much cominent, and much reflection*
Had Lucien Buonaparte written his
*' Charlemagne" twenty years before
the close of the Eighteenth Centurr,
who would have conceived it possibl&
that bisBrother^hen little lessobscnre
than himself, could have appeared
upon Ihe vaMt theatre of the World a»
a second Charlemagne, and would-be
Emperor of the West ? Amongst the
vicissitudes we have alluded to, the
Author of this Poem had a sufficient
interest: called from the common
rank of life to participate in projects
of insati^e Ambition, and placed in
situations where aggrandizement be*
came perfectly easy, we cannot won-
der that Lucien wished to preserve
what he had gained, by retiring from
those scenes which he must have
foreseen would end in the overthrow
of the usurped power of his family*
Exasperated at his defection, the Em-
peror shewed his resentment upon all
occasions; and when Lacien sought
safety in flight, himself, his family,
and treasures, fell into tbe hands of
the English — a nation too generous
to revenge the crimes of a Brother
upon their Prisoner: hence he was
suffered to reside here as a gentleman
of fortune, surrounded by nis friends
and domesticks ; and at length, Go-
vernment permitted bim to depart for
Italy, where the Pope has created
him a Prince. It is, perhaps, unfair
to call the Reader's attention on thi»
occasion to the insults and injuries
heaped upon the head of the Roman
Catholic Church by Buonaparte, as
Lucien certainly had no share in
them; but we cannot resist the
temptation of transcribing his dedi-
cation of " Charlemagne'* to tbe
" TrhS'Saint P^^," as a contrast not
a little remarkable :
•* La Providence (says tbe Author)
apr^s quatre ann^es de captivity, me
ramdne aux pieds de Votre Saintet^.
Pendant ces ann^es d'^preuve, j'al
achev^ le long Po^me dont vous avez
daign^ accueillir les premiers chants
avec tant de bienveillance. Je puis done
au}ourd'hui d^oser encore cet on v rage
aux pieds du trdne Pontifical dans Rome i
Ma demeure ^ Rome pendant tant d*an-
n^s a fait assez connattre k Votre
Saintet^ mes sentiments : votre souve-
nir et vos pr^cieuses lettres nous soute-
naient dans Tadversit^, moi, ma femme,
et nos^enfants, lors mdme que Tespoir
de vous r^voir semblait ^teint pour tuu-
jours, Rsnti^ maij^tenant dans notr*
asUa
•emblmnt *trc maintennnt coiisacrtes
par I'usa^e. 2°. U»ns les phrases en
■M et (»t, j'ai conserve let (, parce q'uit
me patait raitunnaUe quedea eiuls qui
sot le t au singulier le cuuserveiit au
jiluriel. — Cet uuvcage a ^t* coiuuieiii:*
il y a din ana Eurks.monts <le Tusculum
pfia de Rome, o£i je m'^tnis relink eii
guittant \n affairea publlquesi U a 6i4
coDtinu^ fk Maltbe, ec fim en Aiigleterie
dans la captivity."
It would re(|uicc all llie in^emiitj
of a peTM>D well acijuaiottd with the
geniu* and idiuin »f Itie French lan-
guage, to decide upon the meril^ uC
tbii Poem : we ihould rathar, there-
fore, refer our Readen to the Pariiian
publication!, which haie miticed it
impartially, for their opinions, thou
obtrude our own, upon grounds that
may tie erroneoui. To ui there ap-
pear! much to cummead i and we
Voight cite many animated paitaget :
de la Religion Chr£lienne: viiioa
(rupheiique des dcM;endaiits de Vili-
ind." A» the speech of Ulric i) (ery
l„.E.™.,nillit.
"A piiiue a-t-il ferra^ ses ycux appeeantia,
iju'un rayon finane de la vo&le^cer*
iielle [mortell*
Wiifire dans satentei une jeuiie im-
App*ra!t au monarquc, et trouble sea
vsprllE. ]|l:r3ii.quille.
Sa d^inarrhe <^st moduiite, et son regard
Du diviu £yant.ile
EIIp porte \e livru ; et son front radleux
Ivlt^ve dan« Ics airsun Triple diadl>tne..
Ih-Wul il MS cCitl!'? uii Ang;e lumineUK
Souiient une vruix d'or — c'etalt Ulrie
Eblaui par les dots d'un torrent de lu-
VitikliidEe Bouieve, agil», paliHtanr.
Vn toithre brillait dane ks yeuit dd
I'enfant [p^.;
Qui prisenle la croix auz r^ardg de son
.Vili*
149 Emew of Net
»
Vitikind tend let.brj^ au ci61esfc3 orpbe-
Et presse sur Bon sein [Itn,
De cet oAte des Cieux I'^inage enchant-
* Mon p^re,' dit Ulric,'^ &c. [eresse.
y Sur le front du monarque, ^ ces mots,
I'immortelle
Imprime de la croix le signe lumineux.
Soudain, le pavilion brille de mi He
feux ; [^tincelle. '
Un Eclair, par trois fois, dans la nuit
La tente se remplit de fantdmes de roU :
L'image de la croix
l^arait au milieu d'eux s'^lever g^lorieuse.
Dans Tordre de leur race ils se trou<
vent places ; [orageuse
X<e dernier rang eouvert d'une nuit
Offre un trdne sanglant et des sceptres
bris^.
'Fille auguste duCiel! dans cette vision,'
&c. &c.
A ees mots un Eclair ^chapp^ de la nue
Frappe et dissout les traits de la iiUe du
Ciel."
We ought not to omit mentioning
that there are copious notes attached
to each volume.
15. The Im-drfihe Isles , a Poem. By
Walter Scott, Esq, Constable and Co,
Edinburgh ; and Longman and Co,
London. 4to.
AGAIN this chiTalrous Son of the
lluses chaunts his pleasing strains to
his applauding Countrymen; while
their brethreu of the Union smile
complacently, and remember, that
the present generation of Englishmen,
Scotchmen, and Irishmen, equally
braye and enterprizing as their an- .
cestors, now oppose the front of war
to their foreign enemies only, under
the glorious banner of the United
Kingdom. The heroic deeds of Ro-
bert Bruce, the deliverer of his Coun-
try, could scarcely hate failed to rouse
the poetic fire of a Scottish Bard ;
and particularly that of our Author,
to whom the period he has selected
affords an opportunity of bringing
forward many icelebrated character)!,
and placing them in situations equally
glorious and interesting. Hence it is
that, deferring this subject till his
powers were competent to full suc-
cess, the Lord of the Isles comes be-
fore us with all the fascination of real
and fanciful scenes, decorated and en-
liYened by the pen of a Master, who
feels himself competent to the task
he has undertaken.
Mr. Scott inform! Ui in bk Adfer-
tifement, that
:aiitfis.
IFeli.
** The scene of this Ppam lies 9^ §at
in the castle of Artornish, on the coast of
Argyleshire ; and afterwards in the
Islands of Skye and Arra^, and Mpon the
coast of Ayrshire. FinaUy it .is laid
near Stirling. The story opens in the
spring of the year 1307, when Bruce^
who had been driven out of Scotland by
the English, and the Barons who ad-
hered to tbat^foreign interest, returned
from the Island of Racbrin on the coast
of Ireland, again to assert his claims to
the Scottish crown. Many of the per-
sonages and incidents introduced are of
historical celebrity. The authorities
used are chiefly those ttf the venerable
Lord Hailes, as well entitled to be called
the Restorer of Scottish History, as Bruce
the Restorer pf Scottish Monarchy ; and
of Archdeacon Barbour, a correct edition
of whose Metrical History of Robert
Bruce will soon, ( trust, appear, under
the care of ray learned friend the Rev.
Dr. Jamieson."
It is proper that we should add to
the above explanation the fact, that
Mr. Scott has given his Readers 165
pages of Notes to the Six Cantos $
through which, evenr light is thrown
upon the subject of the Poem that
can be wished or expected. The
same measure is pursued which marks
the Author's former works; and we
advance not far in the First Canto»
before we meet with a beautiful sa-
lutation of Minstrels, addressed to
Edith of Lorn on the day of her nup-
tials with Ronald the Lord of the
Isles; which nuptials are sitspended in
consequence of Ronald's indifference
during a repast,given before the arri-
val oftheAbbot who was to unite themi
which originated from the circum*
stance of three strangers being pre*
sent, whose bark being driven under
the ro^k of Artornish by adverse
winds, they were invited to partake
of the hospitality of the place till a
favourable opportunity offered for
proceeding on their voyage. The
strangers prove to be Robert Bruce^
his brother JSdward, and Isabel bis
sister, whom Ronald recofoizes aa
the lady who won his affections dur«
log a tournament at Woodstock. The
outlawed Monarch becoming the
source of a violent quarrel between
the high-spirited Chiefs, they a^ree
to refer to the Abbot, whose arrival
is thus pleasingly described t
" The Abbot oh the tbreshokl stood.
And in his hand the holy rood ;
Back on his shoulders d(iw'41iji|'hood».
vpon the murderer. At (caetfi they
leave the lalwad, lumraoaea by Bd-
ward 9ruce, who infurnM Ihem gf tfae
death of the King of England, and of
Scotland riiiog in favour of Robert.
iMbel, codkIoui of Rooald'f par-
tiality for her, and diipleated at hit
R^ectioD of the Maid iALoto, deter,
minei to retire to a Cooveiitt and
Bruf:e commeiida the page whom he
had laved to her care t the page,
ho«ever, had other object* in vietr ;
and, Bjing from the Convent, at<-
tached himielf to Ronald. The con-
cluding ilanzai of the Poem givei an
animated picture of the per«oD whom
the p»ge proved to he,
"Turn we to Brace, wboie curiuuB ear
Muat from Pitx-Louii tiding hear ;
With his, an bundml roicM ull
Of prodigy aod mijraele i
' For the mute page bad spoke.'
*Fae*l' nid FiU-Loui», ■ rather ■af,
An -Angel (ent froB realnu of da;,
ft fauat Uu EDslitbToltc. .
ing work withiiut oBering for out
Reader's perutal Ihe Author'* glow-
ing picture of the boitite armies pre*
viutii lo the battle of Bannocktboum,
vthich, thoueb deicribed with equal
■piril, i« tooloug for iu«eftioii.
" To centre of the vaward line,
Fitz -Louis guided Amadine — -
Arin'd all on foot, cbat bust: iippeitn
A serried m&st of glimmering spears.
There stood the M»rcber's warlilu band.
The narriora there of Lodon'» land ;
Ectrick and Uddelt bent the yew,
A band uf archers fierce, though few{
The men of Nilh and Annan's vale.
And the bold tpearg of Teviotdale ;
The danntltss Douglas these obey.
And the joung Smart's gentle sway.
North^eattwaid, by Saint Ninian'i shrine.
Beneath fierce Randolph's cbarge, eouh
^■he warriorswhoio the hardy North [bine
From Tay to Sutherland sent forlb.
The rest of Scotland's war-array
With EdwardBruce to Westward lay,
Whtre Baiineck, with his bralcea bsnic.
And deep rtviMj piotecU their Sauk.
15a
Reoiew of New Publications,
C^etJb
Behind tben,8creenM by sb^Heringwood^
The pliant Keith, Lord Marshal stood :
His men-at-arms bear mace and lance.
And plumes that wave, and helms that
Thus fair divided by the King, [glance.
Centre, and rif;ht, and left-ward wing«
Compos'd bis front $ nor distant far
Was strung reserve to aid the war.
And 'twas to front of this array,
Her guide and Edith made their way."'
** Now onward, and in open view.
The countless ranks of England drew.
Dark-rolling, like the ocean-tide [pride,
Wiien the rough West hath chafed his
And bis deep roar sends challenge wide
To all that bars his way !
In front the gallant archers trode.
The men-at-arms behind them rode.
And midmost of the phalanx broad
The Monarch held his sway.
Beside him many a war-horse fumes.
Around him waves a sea of plumes,
Where many a knight in battle known.
And some who spurs had first brac'd on,
Arrd deem*d that fight should see them
King Edward's 'bests obey. [won,
De Argentine attends his side,
With stout De Valence, Pembroke's pride.
Selected champions from the train.
To wait upon his bridle-rein.
Upon the Scottish foe be gaz'd—
At once, before his sight amazed,
:Sunk banner, spear and shield ;
Each weapon-point is downward sent.
Each warrior to tb6 ground is bent.
* The rebels, Argentine, repent !
For pardon they have kneel* d.'
* Aye ! but they bend to other powers.
And other pardon sue than ours !
See where yon bare-foot Abbot stands.
And blesses them with lifted hands !
Upon the spot where they have kneefd.
These men will die, or win the field.'
*Then prove we if they die or win!
Bid Gloster's Earl the fight begin.'
> $»
17. The Student^s Guide through Liti-
coln's Inn, containing an Account t^
that Honourable Society ^ the Fbrms cf
V Admission, keeping Terms, perform^
ing Exercises, Call to the Bar, and ■
ether useful Information, By Thomas
Lane, Steward. The Third Edition.
TH E Second Edition of this^'Guide"
iiras noticed in our vol. LXX VL p. 142.
*<The work was originally undertaken
from a conviction that it would prove
useful to Gentlemen desirous of being
acquainted with the rules by which the
Societies of fhe Inns of Court are regu>
lated. The saccess which has attended
its publication, — a success very/ far ex-
peedtng the most sanguine eitpectationt
cl iti co0ipiier>— has fully justified bii
opinion of its utility^ and alferdM lilni
an encouraging indueement onc^ moie
to submit it to the publick.-— ATbinI
Edition has now become neceisaiy ; and-
the Compiler is anxious to avail nimself
of this opportunity, to express bis grate--
ful acknowledgments for tbe indulgent.
and flattering manner in which his bum-
ble endeavours to be useful have thus been
received by the publick, and for the kind.
assistance and suggestions of improve-
roent with which he has been honoured
by individuals. — As tbe Compiler of this
little work ascribes its success entirely
to its utility, he conceives that, by add-
ing to this utility, he will best evince hia
gratitude for the liberal countenance
with which he has been favoured. He
has, therefore, in preparing the present
edition for the press, made such addi-
tions and improvements as his own ex-
perience and the kindness of others have
suggested, with the view to render hia
work less imperfect, and more worthy
of the countenance and indulgence it baa
already experienced,"
In his account of the Chapel, Mr.'
Lane gives an accurate description of
the Portraits and Armorial Bearittgi
in the beautiful Painted Windows i
and modestly observes,
"In the first edition of this work we
confined ourselves to tbe inscriptions aa
they appear under the Arms: having
since, however, metwith a few biographi-
cal sketches and anecdotes relative to
some of the eminent personages who
have been Members of this Society, we
shall present them to the Reader, by
way of notes, in those pages where their
arms are noticed, or their names occur."
These little notices cannot fail of
being very acceptable.
<* In a MS volume in the Steward's
Ofiice, bearing date 1673, are entered tlie
names of the several E^nefactors to this
Society, with an account of tbe articlea
presented. These donations will be no-
ticed as the benefactors' names occur in
tbe course of the ensuing pages.
"Under tbe name of Sir R.Wandesford is
the following entry : < Sir Rowland Wan*
desford, knight, Attorney-general of the
Court of Wards, and one oi the Masters
of the Bench of this Society, or his exe-
cutors, gave to this bouse one fair silver
bason and ewer.* On this ewer is en-
graven the following inscription : * May
7, 1652. This bason, with the ewer, is
presented to the honourable Society of
Lincoln's Inn, in memory of tbe truly
worthye SirRowlandWandesford^nigbt.
dece^ised, late Member thereof, and At-
turney-j^eneraii of lb« Court of Warded
And Liveryet^ by th^vRMi'liMumraMe
Philip
tbe curious mariile tdbles, as mentioned
in y. S5,. under the head ' Library.' He
died ID 1785, and was inteired under the
Cbapel in Lincalu'i Idd."
" At a Council held the 4th Dec. 1813,
order
iBl
Ublet, to the memory of the lite Right
Honourable Spencer Perceval, to be pre-
K'd and placed in the ChapeL Black
k, lii. fol. llSaod 243."
■■ On the esd April, 1806, two silver
(pit) chalices were preaeoted, by Jaraea
filan Park, eaq. (or the use of the Chapel,
on which are engraved the arms of tbe
Society, and tbe following inscription :
* Presented for tbe use of tbe Altar, by
James Allan Park, esq. one of the
Benchers of tbig honourable Society,
1806."
" Under the head ' Cambridjeahire,'
in Fuller'a Worthies, p. 159, appears the
following account of Mr. Dalton : * Mi-
ctiael Dalton, esquire. He was bred in
the study of our municipal law in Lin-
coln's Ihn, and attained great skill in
Ul own profession. His gravity E^<^
tlw Beach of Jiuticei U this Cmintf j
Ricardus Rainsford Mil.
Capitalia Juaticiarius de Banco
Regi",
Hoapitia Liatolniensi
Matri suffi
semper colend^.
1677".'
The portrait of this benefactor to tbe
Society of Lincoln's Inn it in ttie Li<
To the list of the Warhnrtonian
Leclurers (vot. LXXVT. p. 143.) add,
" Dr. Pearson, and tbe present Lt^
turer, the Rev. Philip*AlIwood."
18. Tie Cathedral AntiquUies of Eng-
land j or an HiiloricaS, JrchUectaral,
and Graph'uMi iUuitrvtioa ef'l&e Eng-
lish Cathedral Oairchet. By John
Britton, ir.5.^,
SUCH ia the General Title of tbit
Gentleman's new aud equally cplendid
anddlflicultundertakine. Thatorih«
two Numbers now uaaer
tioau,
r cunjiderv
Tht
] 5i Itevitw of New Puhlieati&Hs. [P^b.
The l^sierf mtd JkHquUies of the Co- to accuse tbem of the latter, 1 mutt
thedrai Church ^SnWshurv: illustreiied think that they fully intended the Ibr-
with a Serifs ofEngrmnngSt cfViewsy mer. I am also willing to believe, that
JEievations, Plans, and Details qf that, the Statute was.desiipned and intended
Edifice. Also Etchings qf the antient to be beneficial to publishers in general^
Mf»numents and Sculpture : including and to serve the cause of leanimg*. . It
Biographical Anecdotes of the Bishops, must be recollected, however, that the
etnd of other eminent Persons connected state of literature — the sizes and prices
with the Church, By John Britton, of books — the relative and positive coll-
ie*. S. A. Long;nian and Co, ; Taylor; ditions of booksellers and authors— and
and the Author, also the finances and resources of TTni*
The above title, and a Dedication versities and Libraries, were thm vwy
to the Bishop of Salisbury, are the "" I*^* what they are at present, "nie
I , »•».«. «F i»ii^^» n«^.. !..•.». :..«^ College Graduates were then also m mf-
•n y pages o? leller^press conlained ferent circumstances to what they are
,n the two Numbers, on the coyer of „^^ ^„^ ^^^^ ^j,^^ consideratSns it
the first we are informed that it was ^^^^ ^e evident to every impartial peiu
the intention of Mr. B. to have given a son, that there is no analogy between
portion of the history of the Cathe- the former and present state of the case,
dral in it, but he was prevented in Hence it is both unjust and cruel to
consequence of a disappointment in exact and compel the presemtaHm •§
procuring paper, which, be finds, to books from authors, and from refular
be of good materials, texture, and publishers, who mi^ be in distressed,
uniform colour, should be expressly or even in poor circumstances, to Esta-
made for the work. As the paper taishments that are affluent. Atatiiee
was then preparing, the Numfier is to "^^^^ liberality generally prevails, and
be considered a* merely offering a ^be English Nation is distinguished and
•pecimen of the plates. The cover of f«8pecte<l for its equitable and beiievolei^
tbe second portion gives another rea- 1*^«» »« U really a subjeet ^^ wond« «id
«>n for stift withiolding the pro- ZT^^'^L^'X^^t^^^^^
posed description, which we present to ^^^^^^ ^ advocated by any Member off-
tbeReadennMr.Bntton's own words: ^i,g English LegUlaturej or be sane-
«< Waiting the issue of a Bill in Par- tioned by any College or PabUc li*
liament relating to Copy- right, and the brary," &c. &c.
^««rtfl«<». of Eleven copies of e^^ ^^ „^,j t . i,„yf„„ ^ COn-
new book to certain i\iblic Liibraries, 1 . • '< ^ r j • *•
am induced - indeed almost compelled, **"» »*>™« P^S^* ^^ description.
to delay the publication of any letter- The Engravings already published
press to this work, till I know the full are, one on wood, of sculpture, qiia«<
extent of the compulsory measures of trefoil pannels and mouldings in tiw
that Act. As every Reader may not he Chapter- ho use, Salisbury Catbedrmit-
fully apprized of this question,! will ex- f^^^ pj^tcs of antient monamcDts ;
plain it as concisely and accurately as junction of the tower and spire, part
possible. ^ a recent decision in the •'^ ^^ ^,j organ-screen , viW of the
Court of King's Bench, at the suit of . . . ^ ^f .P^ r<u«.*»— k«.««* ^^Z.
the Cambridls Unive^ity, against a ^'^^''^/k i« .K Ww «"i^
printer of iJndon, evei/ auXr who ^^^ *»?« ^^^^ ^R^^ ^^ ^
publishes his own work, or every sept ; view of bracket, capita]r, dcc-r
proprietor of a book, is bound to pre- v>e^ ^^ *»© South transept and tower
ient Eleven Copies of the same, on from the cloisters ; Tiew of the Wert
the best and largest paper, to so many: front, and yiew of the interior, look«-
Public Libraries. This decision is found- ing from the South to the North''
cd on an Act of Queen Anne, which was transept.
obtained at the express solicitation uf The monuments arC' etched with-
publishers, to protect their property neatness and freedom, and we dbubl '
against piracies, &c. ; and was explicitly ^^j ^^ft accuracy, and pairts of the
but absurdly called, 'Am Act for the tower and spire are done in the same
Enwuragement ^ Learning,* Now it manner. These plates have not the .
« evident that the Legislature and the .^ ^^ ^^,j^f ^f ^^c remainder,,
Publisbers of that age either tbooght ^^^ ^ ^- ^^^ ornanienti
that the Mving" of a certain number of "«•«/'*'••""— ■ ^™-
books to certiU^ libraries was calculated ff ^^, ^^Jf?"" »'« «^/« "^^"^'ji t»»»*-
to serve the cause of literature and be- l>«led m this way» tbai^ co^|4-. baTA»
neflt pubUshers, or that they employed be« acconiplished with nior*shadin|pti
iophlstry and falsehood^ Not disposed they ue, udecd, iondjuid heMitifiai
1ta*e evidealij been taken in the mi- ' « 'Tbe pr«MUt ii >lmMt entirely n mm
■gtiwof tbe old monumenl, the Kulp- work, and, in addition to much euriuot
tare, ftnd the irun cale »f thi( print, information reapectin; the FatbRin of
The Tiew frnra the clfiideri ii hap- the Church, Pupiih L«i;end>, EccleKiai-
pilj chuien, ai affording a fine ran- tical Regulation!, and Suon and Briiiih
twt between the time-worn nillan Cuatoini, it conlainsa lUPtiiict Account
tad archei in iirnnB ihnde in the "' ^'^' ^"^ """l FeitiMli of the itv/t,
foreground, and Ihe receding Cathe- *>«1 ' •""i" "' ^^o Re'.iP"'" teremonie.
dnl rendered more taiol by liat.nce. *'. [■"""nt <.b«rved in Cath.l.c Coi^
The Wert front offeri a perfect anit; 'Tr ™ .n%^hrr™„?,,T,,T„"^
* J ' , . ^. ' ^. will fonu an ajtrceable Companion to tP9
"J*"?"' '"*' " """J""' ""igement obw^ator,, i?. the abienci of mot* re-
•TjMrta. lo whatever portion of thil indite pniluclion,. a. they include ■
mwtwelurnoiirallenlion,we hud tba ^,(-11 of the •■ri.me phenan..=i>a of tW
the ArliiM hate eHrefall? bnffied crn- hearenlybodie^illuMratedbyDiaitrMW.
(■CMw bj Ihe mini urupiiiuD* nicety in (hti part of our work alw will be
of flnieting;, and the lame obieria- found, a Coutinuation of the View of lb«
Oo*t will applj (o the vidit frdm Ibe Solar Syitcn g;iven in the IhK volume,
Seutli trkBMoU and • ceoow Hiitory of A«in>nonvr I
Qhi. Mao. Fetrutrg. ISlS. ibcit,
8
154
Reoiew df New Pubttcaiwn^.
(Feb.
these, toeether \9tih the Astronomical
Introduction, will tciKl greatly to facili-
tate the labours of the younp student. —
The Naturalist's Diary for 1815 offers a
variety of interesting remarkiL on the
Ornithology and Botany of Great Britain;
and the Poetical Sketches, gleaned from
the best Amhors, are, witlj few excep-
tions, entirely new." »
Of the Tarious dflpartmeats in this
Tolunoe, the "Naturalist's Journal"
will be found the most generally cn-
.tertaining ; and from that, therefore,
we transcribe the introductory part
of the naooth of January :
"<A dreadful winter carae; each day
severe, [clear.*
Misty when mild, and icy-cold when
Crabbe.
" The gloomy uniformity which now
reigns throughout almost every part of
creation, naturally impels the contem-
plative mind to look for relief in the ex-
traordinary changes and agitations which
the elements undergo during this season.
Scenes are pre&ented to the view, which,
.were they less fVequent, must strike with
wonder and admiration the most incu-
rious spectator. — The effects of cold are
more sudden, and, in many instances,
more extraordinary and unexpected,
than those of heat. He who has beheld
the vegetable productions Of even a
Northern summer, "will not be greatly
amazed at the richer and more luxuriant,
but still resembling growths of the tro-
picks. But one who has always been
accustomed to view water in a liquid and
colourless state, cannot form the least
conception of the same element as hard-
ened into an extensive plain of solid cry-
stal, or covering the ground with a robe
of the purest white. The highest pos-
sible degree of astonishment must, there-
fore, attend the first view of these phe-
nomena ; and, as in our temperate cli-
mate but a small portion of the year
usually affords such spectacles, we find
that, even here,they have novelty enough
to excite agreeable emotions. But it is
not to their novelty alone that they owe
their charms. Their intrinsic beauty,
perhaps, is individually superior to that
of the gayest objects presented by other
seasons. Where, indeed, is the elegance
and brilliancy that can compare with
that which decorates every tree and bush
on the dear morning succeeding a nSght
of hoar frost? Or, what is the lustre
that would not appear dull and tarnished
!n competition with a field of snow just
rlaied over with a frosty incrustation?
What can be more beautiful than the
effect of snow and fh>st at a mill-dam, or
rather^ where the niU-wheel dashef ?
Cowper has giren ui a.BBoat pietnrekqiie
description of this circaimtanet, when
he tells us, how ' soomful of a ch^'tbe
* snowy weight' leapt
<Tbe mill-dam, dashes on the ftttku
wheel*
And wantons in the pebbly golf below :
No frost can bind it there; its utmost
force
Can but arrest the light and smokv mist
That in its fall the liquid sheet tlirows
wide. [banks
And isee where ithu hung th* embroidered
With fornis so various, thatnbpoWers
of art, [scene!
The pencil or the pen, may trace tlie
Here glitt'ring turrets nsq, iipbearide
high .^
(Fantastic misarrangement!) on the roof
Large growth of what may seem the
sparkling trees [drops
And shrubs of fairy-land. The eiTStal
That trickle down the branches, fast
congeal-d.
Shoot into pillars of pellucid lengt|i.
And prop the pile they but adOm'd be*
fore.*
** We have been led to extend these
observations on frost, snow, and ieCf by
the very extraordinary opportunitior
which have been afforded to tis, in ttfe
past year,' of contemplating the wonders
•f an almost Northern winter. The
year 1613 might b^ said to cloie In 'dafk-
ness ; for scarcely was any part Of tite
country around the metropotis, tor'mamr
miles, fiiee from those uncommon^
dense, stagnant, and Hght-opposini; Va-
pours, which involved the whole of Lon-
don, and its aiQacencies, fbr seven dagps,
without intermission. This fSog wa|
followed by a succession of snows, whidi,
falling every day, shortly raised moQtt-
tains, not in London only, but through-
out the kingdom. Severe frost suceeed-
ed, and completed the inclemency jOf the
season. — But these Inclemencies were
not confined to the British Islands.
They extended almost entirely over the
Continent of Europe i and at blols, in
the South of France, so late as the I4th
of March, the Loire presented. In manv
places, a solid sheet of icc| a remafka-
ble phenomenon indeed in a couYttry
where the customary temi^erature of this
month is at 50°, and where Spring, at
this time, is usually clad in all its milder
beauties. — In England, this long ficnst
(which continued, with little intermis*
sion, from Dec. 27th to Feb. 5th J was
severely felt by all classes of persons :
unaccustomed to fence against thi in-
tense cold of a Russian climate, we sn^
fared Infinitely more than the inhab^
tants of that region, who walk out ciOied
lA ItfP; and^ provided With erety ipeeies
/ of
wdgt.i^i )q>pan|^ iQ tbe ricoun. 9! i^ once into Us nomtLre, ud Mrcn
fffceiJM inintCT". Hither were we |^< bii resdan la EBthsr hw BoLivM ««
E!r^.^ fW)' tbe wnua^mcDU uid do. u,bt dnDM in Ifaa toIudu. It
■iUk ■htejb tniwport ths (Om «Mbe Meow the twelfth Mgiaunt o£ Hn».
»«" «M» jW. ■* ">• "Skt '>f wlbng *r», in which he MnMl, recdred or-
r^!!L.?°'^^^"*'' "*" weaitomej jg„ ^^ ,g„g p^^j, ^ „,^ f,^
to Mn) ou bMten mdw m on »^IW gp,.^_ ^^^ ,g^ jl,p p^.^ offiliit 1
, ™^ hi npoDtbii occuioD the AatborrlTw
. down- biii o?lS.- -*"" i 'h*
■■■.uf the in«fty«rtr«ordin»iT olj)«cti , »™ *>* *J»,
. efekh ■«« pfeMnted to the efe dnrinr ' 'JIC P^PHU
tU* •£*■)• rro«Q> the «tMe of the riT«r; ' llkdj to ha
nvw^jStt «u hift the kMt ilnfuUr. e P^™" «
^it.f|iM«( fjF d.9)ittDS ice, laden with itwillbeM'-
h«^,rf aoox, «i^ Mcn on the eurhce, ceiTed, how egregion«lj NapujieoB
|ii'ei(«(]r direttion. SpmetiD^ tbfj erred, in qaking tiie Hajal fnmilj
HriMlU a chain or(]e^«n— onequ^mfot pritoOefi before he attempted- the
<p>ited, ft. ft kMitbtt, ekebinjc, *pd i\ibjnEntioD of the people. To Ifalt
«»gpH.w')*.^"«'B."»»»'''«?^«n* Monwchy of Spain DeRocet alt'H-
#W .PW»M- -yiwe ■ »l*«^?' '«■ •«■ b(it« all tbe indoUnee nud IwlivitT.
&!fife!!?*'^''T!^l!^'T of the Spaniard., and all thetrwnnto^
.f ^i^Mi wiwfy.' A full nooD. added atn^: iv» It j^niula ^jpagnole,
■Mi to t%^ ctetaMaqne be^t)' o' the oh Qoiii airuqi Mi4 la ' ^eire, if ify
■ni*., Mvwtl^ time, when the thaw aVoitd^hpluinf t^pei^I£e»ni^u-'
^"^ ' ^ tbeThamea afforded, verntineiw. L'EdpCKift'NapoltdnaKdt
5JipSriS«Sn»t Ud a"^ "J"'' B-^T^"*. "'•J tb" re.i.l»«
dwlM -^ 1^^ pwtf. « whieE of «i <""'«' »il'<«>-
— —'-'-- of iee were uphcaTed, bore a <' En Allemagne, nou« n'avion* eu 4
_.r>. .. iJ|£ f^ui^ {nt^gr Tainera qne d^ {oaTemenieni c' '
ii high tide, a vei^ tolerable idea envahi le Portu^ et TEipnf^e,' mfs ei.
<^ the frozeu ocean j grand masses of futte on conduit en captivity lea Suuve-
■jee floating along in ' eilent majestj,' rains de ce> deun pays, et diapergf leun
added to the great beight uf the water, forces militaireB. Nous n'£t ions 'point
pKKnted a striking abject for cuiitem- appel^t & combattre centre des troupes
plation. — Of the rural scenery ilurtog de ligne partout i, peu-prte lea monies,
, thii remxfliable frost, Virj(ll bas fur- mais contre un peuple que ses mteuri,
niihad a pretty accurate .descriptiun, in siss prcjuges, et la nature mfiiiie du pays
hif poetical picture of aSeylhian winter," i^oloit de toutea tes autres nations con-
tinenlales. Lea Espagnola devoient nous
81- JUimoiret tur la Guerre del Franfaia opposer uiie r&isuiiee d'autant pluE opi-
en Espagne. Par At. De Itoeca, niiltre, qu'ila croyoient que le gouverne-
QffieUr if Hiumrdt, et Chaialirr de ment Fran^ftii vouloit faire de la P^nin*
t'Ordre de la Ligimt d'Hermeur. sule un seul etataecondaire, im!vocable'
pf. 436. Sva. Murray. inent saumia & la deminatibn Fran^atae.
IT i( rather .urpriziog to us. who *""; 'f. "PP"" f^ connoiaaances et du
I, ■ 1 J ^.i ,1. J. nerfectionnement des nsbitudea sooiales,
are .o well acquamted with (he di^ fE^vixgne it^t de plus d'un siScle en
aatrous coniequeDi^es which Frauce acriSre dea autres Itats du Continent.
bronght upoD herself by the invasion x^ situation recul*e et ptesi|o'j..sulair^
of Spain and Portugal, that nny ^^ p^ys, et U siv*rit* iIps inatitutiun*
Frenchnao should wish to call the religieuEes,avoieRtenip(icb£le^Espagnols
Mteolion of bii countrymen to the depremlre part aut disputes et autcon-
(ubject) unfortunately for our pre- troverses qui avoicut agitc et £ctaii£
• " On the approach of winter, in Russia, double windows are pul up in all the
buiues, Lavinj!; the joinM and interstices caulktil and neatly pasted with paper.
This precaution not uiily fences agaiusc culd and wiiitl, but secures a free pruspect
even in the depth of winter, as (he panes of glass are thus never incrusted with ice.
Tbe outer d^jorc, and frequently the ili'ors under the carpets, are eoverrd with fell-
Tbe ttoiea produce a temperature in the mult apacioui apartments and balls, which
M all thoughts of winter."
I'Europe
Review of Nadf Puhlieaiums.
156
VEurope pendant le seizi^me siWe. lis
Ae se ressentoient pas plus dans le dix-
kttiti^me de resprit philosopbiqup. Tune
deft causes de la r^volutiou de Francetf
Quoique les Espagnols fussent trop aban-
donnes X I'indolence, et qu'il y e^c dans
leur administration ce d^sordre et cette
corruption, suites inevitables d'un long
despotisme ; leur caract^re national
u*avoit cependant re^u aucune atteinte :
leur fi^ouverneinent, quel qu'arbitraire
qu'il fut, ne rcssembloit en rien au pou-
▼oir miliuire absolu tel qu'il existoit en
iUlemag^e, o^ la sotiroisston constante
des Tolontes de cbaeun et de tous \ Tor-
dre d'un seul, compriuioit sans cesse le
rsssort individuel."
Th» bad policy of tbe French Em-
peror having ^us been demonst rated*
thv whole of the volume before us
might l^ ci^e4 ftf a further confirma-
tipi^ of th^ y^riet^ of resources to
whicfi a aatiou will ^ave recourse,
rather than surrender iti^ independr
eoce. The contest produced fright-
ful scenes of regular systematic par-
iiage seeundum lirtem; whole cities
Sopriii? forth their population io
^ht tot freedom, inexperienced in
«rmS) yet desperate in energy and
courage; oifteu meetipg de^th with^
out the practicq.1 kpowj^e Io evade
it; villages bprn^, the peoplp mur-
dered and dispersedi ^nd famipe and
disease alike preying ppon the in^
vader and invaded. Such are the de-
tails offered by li. De Rocca, who
tells us, at p. 184, that each bourg,
each province, eaah individual, be-
came every day more sensible of the
necessity of repelling the common
Enemy f therefore we ^nd him, at
p. 257, describing an attack upon tbe
party he was with, from a kind of
aimbuscade formed by^ the Spfiniards
in the houses of the skirts of a village
and the neighbouring rocks; mapy
of the invaders were killed and
wounded — but let him speak lor
himself:
*' Des femmes, ou plutAt des furies
d^chatn^es, se pr^cipttaient avec d'bor-
ribles hurlemens sur nos bless^, et elles
si les disputaient.pour les faire oaourir
dans les tuurmens les plus cruels. Elles
leur plantaient des couteaux et des
ciseaMX dans les yeux, se repaissant avec
uiie joie fferoce de la vue de leur sang.
L'exe^s de leur juste fureur contre ceux
qui venaient envabir leur pays, les avail
eatiiremcnt ddnaftarfo."
From such scenes we iMm with
hprror and disgust \ and jel we would
recdmmend the general readhi|^ of
these Memoirs, that this er any other
Nation may perceive, what awaits
them when Tyranny and Ambition
may again walk abroad, and Sujpine*
ness invites tbe execution of their
schemes. Whatever part the Author
may have taken in the attempt to
subjugate Spain, acting, perhaps, in*
Toluntarily under a rigid Despot, he
makes atonement in the concluding
paragraph of his dreadfully«iBiereirtT
mg work, by saying, '
<< Depuis qod oes jn^inolres ont ltd
Merits, on a vu la nation Moscovits, •€.
ensuite la nation Prussienne, donner ai|
Nord de F Europe des preuves cfun d#-
vouement 2l leur patrie, semblable, %
beaucoup d'^gards, ^ celul par leqnri ki
Espagnols se sont illusti^ ; aussi la
Russie, la Prusse, et I'Bspagne oiftt<enet
^t^ bient^t d^livr^ de lenrs ennemis
communs. Ces ^v^nemens ont efaangi
la face de TEuTope; Us VMo^ntrsnt,
aussi fortement que la noble et loAgue
resistance du peuple Espagnbf^ que ia
force n&elle des ^tats ne t&diS pas tant
dans ie nombre et la puisianoe des
arm^s de Ugne que' dins un *ientimedt
reli^eux, patriotique ou poUtfque,; asleap
puissant pour int^ressertpus les iridividus
d'uhe m^me nation \ la cause publiqu^
conyme si c'^tait la leif r propjre. .
^% A Ctrcunutantiaf I^arrathf^ of tk^
Can^Mngn in RuisiSLf tmiilttf^i t^Uh
Plant of ihe Beatles of ike Mbskwa
and Malo - Jaroslavitz : containing a
fmitttful Description pf the ejecting
and interesting' iSeenes ^ which ihe
Auih&r was an Eye-tptnessi .^Eu-
gene Labaume, OiptfLin qf the R^dl
Geographical Engii^eers, Bx-i^
of he Ordnance ff Prince Eugene,
ChevaHer of the Legion ^Honour, and
of the /fvra ' Crowns Author ef an
Abridged History of the RMhUch y
Venice. Transkuid from dke French.
Secojtd Edition^ considerably improved*
Bvo. fp. 41 8. S. liCigb.
"THE official situation which tbe
Author enjoyed under Prince Eugene,
enabled htm to give a faithful bistoiy
of tbe most extraordinaiy Campaign
that the Annals of War record. Hit
style is simple and un^flfeoted; and,
though be aims not at any flights of elo-
quence, his descriptions often powerfully
interest the feelings, and reach the
heart. . His recital of the passage of the
Wop, tbe Beresina, and the Niemen,
' yield not in genuine pathos to aiiy real
or fictitious Narrative of aatient or mo-^
den^ times;: while the sim^Hciiy and
eandour with which be writes are assared
pledges
Tictinu'of tlic detolatinu which be
eauMd. The fint diriauHi wu onlercd
to plunder and deslTvf without merry,
that bit eyes might be gruitied whh the
ti|^t of human miaery. He thought
ntAr l» cared not) tJiat the divigioiii
wltieh followed were, by thtie means,
etiNMed to the hamirB o( a Ruwiaa
#iiiter, without f6od to eat, or one ha-
bitation left entire, to afford them shel-
ter. Thu* periih'ed five hundred tbou-
■Mid uea, ^ viditna of inordinate am-
bition and (avase barbarity. — He has
bad hia reward. He has been burled
hicb he usurped; aud
irepared the way for
France, and the re-
If he be not dead to
MSS. ur spccimena o
riuua lection,) haie been rendered
more correct than it atanda in th«
tille-page to the work before ua.
We baie been taught, too, to imder-
iland that the general, and, we be>
lieve, the correct waj of anelliiig the
name, of a crrtain Greek Poet m
.^acbylua, and nut OSachylua,, »■ in
p. 3. But Iheie ni^ be the erruri ol
h country printer.
Aato the merit!
cannot gJTCuurRi
oftheie, than bj
peruaal twii or thi
a! b
a (rreater punishment
ide ut Elba, to muae
nd aSeeting Narrative
of the unparalleled aufferings of hit de-
voted followers."
Such H the chariiclcr given of lh«
eriginal w.ark li} theTrautlaturiwho,
we inai' add, baa perfunncd bit laik
with fidelilj aud judgment.
The Poel'a nddres)
xumewhat in the
atandinf not aniitt
might have been
the alale of that
Revolution. The coloiara are too
dull, and the language too tame. To
(ay that ahe wai cruiued, bj the po>
pularjell of Li»er(y/ to wit, from a
(late uf' abject alarery, ii to do litlU
•lac tban what logiciana terra begging
the
]5S
Rmew qf New J^ublU^ims.
[Feb.
the question. ^ It romt first be shewn
that »hewa8 in a state of slavery, to
bei^iB with. Be that as it inajr, wiio
can be so mad as to affirm that the
got any thing by the change ? Who
can declare otherwise than that the
remedy was miny, times worse thaa
thi disease ? But to our author:
** Behold, vindictive Franpe^ behold, in
vain [flies ;
Thine arm is lifted, find thy lightning
Still, safe amidst the deserts of the main.
Thy rival rests, and all thy threats de-
fies, [thrall,
O land! ere while aroused from Slavery's
And fill d with Freedom's animating cdl.
Was it fur this Oppression griev'd,
And, from its base, old empire heav'd?
Was it for this thy dunc^eon "* fell ?
For this thy hapless Lewis bl«d?
For this did sanguine turreuts swell.
When Paris mourn'id btar heaps of dead?
Did, all thy squadroLS crowd th' embat*
Ued field, [fight.
Rage ever fresh, amidst the ceaseless
"Repe! of Europe the collected might.
For Corsica the despot's rod to wield ?
Not thus the sons of antient days '
Seiz'd the fair palm of endless praise ;
Heroic Greece, majestic Rome,
Arose sublime, from servile gloom ;
Arose, determin'd to be free,
A^ fix'd serene their star of UberCy.
Bmi, France, thy sons forego the claim.
They cimbat for another's fame.
And toil, assiduous toil, to spread
War's bluody wreaths round proud Am*
bitiou's head."
In p. 12, Mr. H. thus describes the
reception wbieb the hosts of the Ty-
rant met with in Russia :
HI. a.
"Sublimely throned, far on the solid
main, [bare;
Gigantic Winter heard, his arm laid
Unlock'd from shuddering Frost tb* enor-
mous chain ; [icy hair ;
Stamp'd Ctve mad fiend, and shook her
Surge after surge impetuous Boreas blew;
On the wild blast, pale, hideous Fa-
mine rode ; [flew ;
Shot from her gloomy orbs, Di^raction
Her shriveil'd arm Dismay hurl'd all
abroad.
Immediate, Nature's cheerful green
Became one white unvaried scene.
Arrested, pause the stony floods.
And bend,with snow,the humbled woods :
Howls,^ as they pass, the roaming bear :
With all her borroES, in the rear.
While Desolation wings her speed.
And claps her direful luinds, and shouts.
Proceed ! . .
'^ ' ^ the BastUe.
IV. !•
Of yere his pestilential bceeze.
As IsraeFs God f arous'd to k^om,
Assyria's vaunting host to seise.
And lay her smother'd thousands lovj
So, onward dismal Winter iolV<^
And bade bis bleak artillery roari
And to desponding Gallia told*
Th' expeeted triumph all was o'«r. .
Not this the breeaa, in vornaLoharms,
GayLoicefsvoluptuoasmeadstbatwarmsi
No more the bounding pulses befit t
From, steed to steed, from man to nuuif
Frost's rapid bolts diffusive rao.
And all exelaim'd— Retreat, netteaC'*
VI. 1.
" Xerxes warlike Greece invaded.
Bade old Ocean cease to foam^
Deem'd, with endless laurels shaded^.
T6 return triumphant hornet
But with all his host surrounded^
See a paltry skiif enclose
Xerxes, pale,aba8h'd, confounded.
When the sons of Freedom rosei
Coward 'Xerxes, fac'd with Danger^
Danger's front recoiFd to see i *
He to battle was a stranger,—- '
But can Lodi's hero iee ?'*
One more extracty aJD^d f p ha^c
done: p. 1^1.
VIII. I. ,
'' $Ut come, O corner seraphic Peace,
Thy beams o'er Woe's bleak, innnteine
throw>
Adorn thy climes, thy j^ealms inoreasty
And spread thy Paradise below.-
O make tbe spear and sword combine.
To plow the soil, and prune the vine;
And, o'er the blood-disoolour'd plain.
Rich harvests wave of golden grata. -
Thine is tbe lark-enliven'd mom.
The shepherd's pipe, the watfaliDg
grove.
The daisied mead, the lowing drove.
And thine fair Plenty's bounteous horn."
24. Tkree Tracts relative to the BditU
^Birmingham, A. Z>. 1643 ; namely ^
1. A true Relation tf Prince Rupert's
barbareut Cruelty agaimt the Towne
^'Bramingham. 2. A Letter written'
from Walshall by a worthy Gentleman
to his Friend in Oxford, eonceriimg
Burmingham. 3. Prince Rupert's
Burning Love to England, ^covered
in Birmingham's Flames, ' London,
printed 1643 ; Birmingham, reprinted
1815. 44o, pp, 3S. Beilby and Knott ;
Niebols, Son, arkd Bentley.
HAPPILY '« the Battle of Birming-
ham" is the record of an event now
merely of importance at a link in
t % Kings; ehap. 19,
British
REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL FUBUCATIONS.
. "It his been wellTemarked, th»t if the Deity had inteirfed oiilj to give ns Mist-
ence, and had beeu indifferent about our ha^pineo or misery, -aM the ntesemry
purposes of heikriiig might ha,re been uiEne red vritbout hamony j of amell, without
fragrance; of vision, without beautj'."
3. fiie<\at.\\onThBreiigii-Batsi wPrae-
tical Rulet far finHag aad'appljfmg iti
varimit Chords viilh Ike greateit /aa-
lily: illmtraled by a itriis afjExam-
ples, tkeaing- Ike Method of accinn~-
pangin^ OmctTtes, Salai, Soagi, and
Reeitativet. Arritngtd en ait entire
new /'fen, % '^- JouBse. (Entered at
SlalienfTs' Uatl.\) I0i.6d. Hamikun.
NICOLO FASaUALI, an lUlinn,
the author of Ihianork on Thorough-
ban, anid Afaouther on llieartof nn-
fwii^theharpiichord*, is mentiiinud
hj Burnej and Forkel n> having beeu
a fcrj good performer ou the viulio.
(Godfrey Keller wai the teceod. J. V.
Lampe'iThuroiigh-baaiKas piriilithwl
in I73T, BudMiker't initfiT. Of late
jear», trealitei have !;featly multi^-
. • Published by Biemner, who also published six solos fur Violin and Thorough.
ban [Opem prima); twelve English songs in icore, collected frumliii Wtitquarand
SulenainmcnU I gnd tirelre av«rtuceiand'S;iDplionicE|in part«i bj-Paiquali.
Re^ieoo of New Musical PuAKctUimu.
l€0
plied ; tnd tlie uiefulnew of a repub-
lication «f Pasquaii it yery question-
able. Either succeeding authors have
failed to produce so useful a book, or
Mr. Jousse has given it the supe-
riority by hii improvements; or,
what we are inclined to think, the
present publication is unnecessary.
A due regard for truth and justice
bas already constrained us to speak of
Mr. Jousse with a little well-deserved
severity ; and we are sorry to add,
that here is another instance of his
.propensity to adorn his name with
borrowed honours. His " ewUre new
plan" amounts precisely to this t the
original examples only were engraven,
and the explanations were letter-press;
but in his edition, the whole has been
printed from plates, which give the
precepts and examples contiguously ;
a wonderful plan, and wonderfully
new! Those who learn thorough-
bass from jthis work only, must ever
proceed h tAtoM : they cannot learn
It fundamentally ; we therefore do
uot recommend the book, being of
opinion that a little solid learning,
methodically communicated, is of
nore value than a superficial ac-
quaintance with the whole science.
When people are so silly as to require
that a Master should teach thorough-
bass to his pupiUbefore they have a ca-
pacity to learn it, or before they have
acquired sufficient knowledge of what
is necessary to good performance on
the instrument they practise, sUch a
book as this may be convenient to
the Master. As some persons, al-
though musical, do not understand
what is meant by thorough-bass, we
extract the follawing :
" Tharmghrhat^ is performed by add-
ing to the notes of the bass such chords
as properly belong to them j so that while
the left hand plays the bas8-note,the right
hand at the same time plays three or
ifour different notes along with it, not
' successively, but altogether and at once ;
and from this combination of sounds
resulU what is called harmony. Strictly
speaking, to plav thorough-bass is to
play the nates with the left hand, and
the Jigurts (denoting the chords) with
the right. In some cases we are to
sjtrike two or three times with the right
band, while the left strikes only oii^,
johanging the chord according to the
figures. When tajsto solo is written un-
der the bass-notes it signifies that such
Dotes are to be pUyeJ Tvithout chords
till the word tniHi or the figures, shew
tliat the chords begin anew. In loud
pitseasj octaves may b« played with the
it^i
left band, yet rarely with any wAM
shorter than a crotcbet. in soft parte
all octaves should be omitted. In ae>
companying recitatives, the chords may
be played with both bands, laying down
the fingers one after another, sometimes
slow, other times quick, according as
the words express either common, ten-
der, or passionate matters.'*
The follo«»ing are his directions for
finding ** the tnieU)e chords j** for a
common chord (triad), play add,5tb,
and 8th, above the bass-note ; for a
chord of the second, play the com-
mon chord of the note above the
bass ; for a ohord of the 4th and ^tb,
play the common chord of the fourth
above; for a chord of the 6th, plaj
the common chord of the Sd, below 9
for a chord of the 7th, play its com-
mon chord with the 7tb adcled ; for ai
chord of the 5th and 6th, its common
chord with the 6th added ; for a chord
of the Otb^ its commoii chord with a
9th instead of the 8th ; for a chord of
the 4th, \U common chord with a 4th
instead of the ^d ; and for |i chord of
the Sd, 4th, and 7th,1play the codnbon
chord of the note below the baA-note:
for the chords Sd, 4th, and 6th ; 4tb,
5th, and 9th ; Sd, Tth, and 9th ; Count
the intervals from the bass. It is hot
impossible but that now-and-tl|en a
chord may be found in some thorough-
basses differently formed from those
above-mentioned, the figures whereof
must theu be counted from the bass«
4. Three Airs, arranged wUh rariatitmg
fir the Pimuhfwrtey iy (the iatej J. U
Dussek. qp.71. 7s. $d. Pfestoih
THESE ingenious and elaborate
Variations were published in London
three or four yean ago, by Cianchet*
tini and Sperati. The first of these
«« Parisian Airs,*' in B flat major key,
is called L'Air du Troubadour t it ha»
eight variations; the second is in F
major, with seven variations, and if
called L'Air del Signor Dotlor; and
the third air, in C tnajor key, it
**Amuzez,vou$ Bettotf' ronde, ar*
rangke en rondeau, with variations
and iiiiiUtions. The whole will prove
excellent practice for those who are
considerably advanced in the art of
Piano-forte playing; but they will
not afford much pleasure to the great
admirers of Maazinghi and Latour.
Dr. Crotch's Course of Lectueas on
Musick, at the Surrey Institution, com-
menced Feb. 14. — Dr. Callcovt has
announced a Concert, at which be will
preside, on the lOtb of April. ^^^^^^
Who uir. as level'd the Chitiftir
Hisdeadlr aim, tbeahide oftrat
Pies o'er tiie Heta'a brow >
Who skw his difk ejrc's nuitial gaic
TiKn from the mucket'a ToUey'il blsue
Tbst laid bim calm and law >
[The roriewlng Dhci were written oa iha
GrBveof the unrortuDMe LoutiXVI. and
his Queen, whoae ashes were deposited
under en bornbtc turf io die gardeu of ■
private gentleman al Paris.]
T KT Diimic Art her bu«ti and (tatiui
flow loFcIf still ■ Tho' DOW no more
Tby kwki in anbarn beauty pour i
No more thine eye, of humid blue.
Beams like the star thro' eveniog den j
Forbid alike to beam end weep.
Those orbs are clos'd jn marble sleep ;
Those braids in moveless marble twine j
Princess t thy throne is now tby shrine.
Yet, nulcbless as in life, the spell
Loves nn ihat paltid lip to dwell i
Aud itiH the soul's immortal gloa
(s radiant on that dazzling brow.
Sort be thy stuiatters, soft aud deep,
Tin start thy people from their sleep;
Till thousand beacons, blazing brght,
Shake thait nild aplenilours on the nif ht }
.Out. Mao. Feiruar^, ISIS.
These have their beauties— yet they are
but art, [heart :
They chum the eye, but seldom reach Iha
— This simple »ct — ibid weapiag-willow
Tbis circling hedge— -this solitary flower!^-
Tliis spot— where Fraece in mh« repedt-
ance weepi — ^uarch sleeps.-.^
This grave— whrre France'! Aartyr'd Hb-
Tell lo the world nl' Crimea aad viRoe*
p.st, [bhHI
In Bccenta loudfr than Faine't ciarfnt
Speak
162
Select Poetry^ for ¥ehT\}3.xyy 1815.
speak to the heart more 8ad-i-<iBore awful
things [KiDgg !
Than all Death's ensigns on the tomb of
I enry not the mightiest of the Great
The pomp, and splendour of iheir funeral
state;
Theirs be the honours of the trophied
shrine, [mine !
A turf like this — and pitying Virtue—
Qn the Death of the Infant Son of the Rev.
Georgb Wilkins, Hadleighy Suffolk,
" Ultima semper
Expectanda dies homini est : diciqut* bea-
tus [debet."
Adte obitum nemo, supremaque funera
TNSATIATE Monarch! wherefore dost
thou chase [face ?
The pleasing smile from that once lovely
Say, why impede the cordiaPs healing
power, [flower ?
And thus unkindly pluck the opening
Should not sweet innocence thy wrath as-
suage, [gage ?
And the insidious wretch thy views eu-
Why not dilapidate the murderer's cell,
And hurl thy vengeance where vile trai-
tors dwell ?
Ah tio, thou wilt not ; thy uplifts dart
Strikes at the vicious and the perfect heart.
The poor man's cottage, and ^he throne
of kings, [brings;
Receive the mandate thy sad visage
With equal force all feel the fatal blow,
And follow thee to sleep in shades below.
A mother's tender wishes cannot save
Her darling infant from a dreary grave.
A Seraph waits to wing his soul on high.
To meet his God in realms above the sky ;
In realms where Cherubim exalted raise
The grateful shout, and fill the Heavens
with praise ;
Where she may rest, secure from all
alarms,
And 6nd a home in her Redeemer's arms.
But when the Archangel's trump shall
wake the dead, [bed ;
And rouse thy victims from their lowly
He '11 meet his parents on a happier shore,
And thou shalt snatch him from their arms
no more.
April 2, 1 81 3. W. B. Biansby,
Mr, Bickmore*s Academy, Hadieigh.
ide. 3
HISTORICAL PARALLEL:
Henry tbb Eighth and Buonapaktb.
pAIN would my timid Muse rehearse
A simple tale in artless verse ;
Design'd to shew that conflagration
' May shield a Wife, and save a Nation.
Besides, I have a wish to claim
Some honour for the British name;
Who long ago th' example taught,
Wkioh late the hardy RoMian caught.
The page of History bears the facts^
Of both the actors and the acts.
When the Eighth Henry fill'd the throne.
And England^s pow'r was ail his own.
Despotic, arbitrary, proud.
His appetite!) no curb allow'd ;
He seiz'd the Church's sacred lands.
And broke full oft the marriage- bands ;
His will wa|all the law he knew,
And what he will'd he would pursue.
To Hull in Yorkshire oft he went,
And there his days of pleasure spent ;
The wanton dance, the revel gay,
Consum'd the night and stato'd ibc day.
It chanc'd a Lord of high renown
Then held the Cattle* of the town ;
Wake was his name, and he had led
A beauteous lady to his bed ;
The happy knot was lately tied.
And never did a youthful bride
Give cause of greater love and pri<
The King had beard her beauty praif'd.
And this a new desire had rais'd.
He t>em a herald forth to say,
He meant them honour, and he'd pay
A visit on a certain day.
The startird Peer could do no less,
Than humbly, gratefully express,
How much he felt bis .Sov'reigo's care.
How pleas'd he*d be to see him there.
And ev'ry preparation made, ^
To treat the King w'tu grand parade;*
But yet he felt a something move
About his heart unlike to love;
He 'd heard that females, rich or poor.
But seldom scap'd a kingly lure.
He thought upon his lady's charms.
And then his breast felt strange alanm.
Fearing his new-made wife should prove
The object of a Monatch's love ;
Yet how t' avoid the dangerous loare
Required his utmost skill an^ care.
To lleep his lady out of sight,
Miuht bring dishonour by its slight :
To introduce her to the King, *
Might yet a worse dishonour bring.
The time drew nigh to fix his doom»
To-morrow would the MonarctiL come ;
His lab'ring breast yet unresolv'd.
Full many a painful thought revolv'd i
At length a remedy he found-
He burnt his Castle to the ground.
So has been seen, in modem day^
A City like this Castle blase,
A people driv'n to like extreme.
By mad Ambition's furious dream.
For when of late Napoleon went.
On deeds of dreadful conquest bent.
To Moscow's walls, through seas oi blood.
The noble Russ his ire withstood ;
And, having every danger brav'd.
Their City burnt, and Kingdom laT'd.
Thus, gentle Reader, ends my ttory.
Of Harry's lust and honey's glory.
Nov. 13, 1813. T. Rammbb.
90N.
The Po«t here camplalnetb sore
OrillB, that torture him inalorei
A hag, they say, with horrid frowa
Bu atruck hii Barilsbip alniaat iloira.
For gazing, like a dumb PbysioJan,
Od maid, that 't under her tuition :
Od thia he swore that he would pen a
Pew lines, lo trounce the Gerce Duenna.
ThenuKUVA, aSalirkalRKm.
That thou 'rt nor Sylph,
r Sjtpii in
To lae thee harm ihe bumati race
By putting on a inortil face ! —
To »ee thee frown and (neei 1 — 'ti« time
To itimnlale the Muie to rhyme.
I'll write, not (pare tbee ; fur ihe Fate) f That two Uui
Oidaia'd thee lo betlain* in ejghit: sooppoiile, «houl
Hnie, reach my pen, my poi»on'd ink, i
And give me patience but to think :
Write, aeribbJe, icrawl, (a painful matter) j
And pen a thing they call a Satitet j
* Such thidgi bare happened beteto-
fote, and, for angbt the Poet kaoweth,
may happen again.^ An Epiitle by the
iiaUritl Cbnrcbill ii laid to have pierced
tbe pericardiam of a calebrated Painter. plural of houte.
All ye who wish lo kerp awake
From error* fell, and dire m Intake;
AUend with open jane of vimder.
And (ben fe'll ne'er be apt to blunder.
If e'er ye see a beine burrid, [rid-;
Withfrownt, and ineeia, and tempertoi-
With jeering lip, and breath that hiawi
Hat jargtm, kiudlingas it goes;
With acarafiil uostril, swelling wide,
Aud mouth that pours a blutt'ring Udc ;
Glowing with (pile, with eyet askance,
With wilb'riog look and envious glaMt;
Beyond dispute now Hands Ihe matter.
No Sylph IS thaL So ends my Salire.
mSTOBICAL
[ 164 ]
HISTORICAL CHRONICLE, l8ij.
INTEiRESTINQ INTELLIGENCE PROM THE LONDON GAZETTES?.
Admira^iy office f Jan. 28.
Copy of a Letter from Capt. Sir Geo. R.
Collier, K. C. B. of his Majesty's ship
Leander, addressed to Rear Admrral
Griffith.
His MajesiyU ship Leandert Dec, 29.
Sir,-— I have the pleasure to acquaint
you, that with the squadron under my
orders, being in quest of the American
ships of war which escaped durrfig the Tate
gales from the poits of Massachussets, I
had the good fortune, yesterday at sunset,
to capture the celebrated privateer Prince
de Neufchatel, hermaphrodite - rigged,
pieroed for 22 guns, and having 18 mount-
ed, six of which are long nine and 12-
pounders, and the rest 12- pounder carro-
nades ; measures 330 tons, with a crew
of 130 men, under the command of Ni-
cholas *Millin, by birth a Frenchman, and
one of superior professional skill and en-
terprize. — She sailed from Boston on the
21st inst. and is the completest vessel I
ever saw. The activity of the Captains
of the Newcastle and Acasta cut off the
chance of escape firom this cruizer during
a cbace of ten hours, the wind blowing a
hard gale. I cannot refrain from congra-
tulating you on the capture of this ves-
sel, as she has been chased daring for-
mer cruizes by upwarJis of 60 different
British men of war, and frequently under
their guns; nor did she bring to, in the
present instance, till the shot from this
sMp and the Newcastle were flying over
her. I have the honour to be, &c.
Geo. R. Collier, Captain.
To Rear Adm, Griffith, ft'c.
Admxralty-qfficey Feb. 11. Vice-adm.
Sir Samuel Hood, G. C. B. Commander in
Chief of his Majesty's ships in the East
Indies, has, in a letter to John Wilson
Croker, esq. dated at Madras, the 27th of
Sept. last, reported the capture of the
American privateer Hyder Ally, having
on board 12 guns and 30 men, by his Ma-
jesty's ^ip Owen Glendour, after a chace
of' ten hours, near the Nicobar Islands,
in the month of May. This vessel had
shortly t>efoire been chased for three days
by his Majesty's ship Salsette; but suc-
ceeded in escaping from her.
Admiralty' office, Feb. 18. — Letter from
Rear>adm. the Hon. SirH. Hotham,K.C.B.
dated on board his Majesty ^s ship Superb,
at anchor before New London, Jan. 23.
Sir, — I have the honour to request you
will be pleased to lay the enclosed copy
of a letter" and its enclosures, which I have
this day addressecl to Vice Admiral Sir
Alexander Cochrane, the Cooimaader in
Chief, detailing the capture of the Unitecf
Slates* ship President, on tlie l5th instant,
under the ciicunistances therein mentiui^
ed, before the Lords Commissioners of ihe
Admiralty, with which, in his absence, I
have, directed Lieut. Hare, commanding
his Majesty's schooner Picton, to proceed
forthwith to England for their Lordship's
information. I have, &c.
Henry Hotham, Rear-Admiral.
Superb at anchor before Netc
Lond(,n9, Jan, 23.
Sir, — I have the honour to acquaint
you with the capture of the United States'
ship President, on the 15th instant, by the
force described in the margin *, which I
collected off the Bar of New York, under
the direction of Captain Hayes. She and
the Macedonian armed brig, of 420 tons,
loaded with provisions,, sailed on the pre-
ceding evening, under the command of
Commodore Decatur: but the present
season of the year, and the dark nights of
which be availed himself, have not enabled
him to elude ^the vigilance, of Captain
Hayes, and the Commanders of his Ma-
jesty's ships nnder his orders, who have
well discharged' the important duty as-
signed to them ; and I- beg leave to offer
you my congratulations pn the design of
the American Government bein^ defeated.
You will perceive by ihe reports Captain
Hayes has delivered to me (copies of
which I do myself the houour to trans-
mit to you herewith) the ardour displayed
by Captain Hope in the pursuit, the in-
trepidity with which he brought the Ene-
my's ship to close action, and the utU
daunted spirit with which the Endymion's
inferior force was singly employed for the
space of two hours and a half, leaving
honourable evidence of judgment in the
position shei was placed in, and of the
destructive precision of her fire, in the
sinking state of her antagonist, the heavy
loss sustained by him, and his inabi-
lity to make further resistance when the
Pomone arrived up, with him; while
the loss and damage sustained by the
Endymion was comparatively small : and
althongh the distinguished conduct of
Capt. Hope, his officers, and ship's coaa-
pany, can derive no additional lustre
from my commendation, I cannot with-
hold my tribute of applause; nor can I
refrain from assuring you that the judi«
clous conduct of Captain Hayes, in the
direction of the force entrusted to his or-
* Majestic, Captain Hayes ; TsnecWH
Captain Hyde Parker ; Endymion^ Cap-,
tain Hope; Poifione» Captain Lumley.'
^ derSf
your order to take Captain FaikeT in that turing or linking her, hid none of tba
tbip, under my connnasd : we were Ibca squadron been '
_ any with tlie Endymiun
moae. oS the HddIi, and io t%ht of
Entmy'i sbipsi but ihai nigt>t 'iie iqua-
•tocm. On Saiurday, tbc uiod and
ther became f^vonrabie for Ihe JLat
For your further information, I have tlie
honour lo enclose Caiitain Hope's letter,
wi^h n return of liilled and wounded on
board Ihe EadytnioD. I have not yet
bran able to aiceitain the loss of Ihe Pre- '
1 ; but 1 believe it to be much grealar
and I bad ou doubt bat he would attempt than Ibe Endymi
hi» eicape that night. It nai impossible, fert water in llie hoid when taken posisei-
fioro the diteolion of the viind, to get in sion of. Bolb ships were very much cut tip
with the Hank, and, ai iiplbte euied, (iu is masts and figging j and bad the pr«.
pFeferenceto Cloiioglhelandtu the.Soutli- sent most leTere gale commenoed twelve
ward) we stood away to the Northaard bours sooner, the prize would undoubt- '
and Eaatwaid, till the squadron reachnl rdly havi; sunk. As soon as Ihe wea1b«r
Ibe supposed track «F the Emuiy j and will permLt it communication, I shall pro-
wliat is a little lingular, al the very Id. cure furlier particulars; and then sdnd
ctant of arriving at that point, aa boor be- the Endymion and Poinone, with the prizB
fore day-ligbt, Sandy Huuk beaiing W. and prisoners, to Kermuda. I have, fee.
N. W. fifteen leagues, we were made hap- John Haves, Captaio.
py by the sight of a ship and brig stand- Hon. Sir Tf. Hollmm. &c.
iog to the iiouthward and Eastward, and P. S. The ships having parted com-
Dot more than two lailes on the Majestic'* pany in the gale, no further paiticulan
weather.bow t the night-signal fur a fp- have been obuined.
neial chanewai made, and promptly otiey^ Number of persons of alF descti^IiOH
ed by all the ships. on board the President previous to Ibc
In the iMurse of the doy, the chace be- action, abintt 4!'0.
came extremely interesting, by tlie enilea- Number and Calibre of her guns. —
voun of the Enemy lo esespe, and the Main-deck, 30 long 34. pounders. — Quai:. .
enettioiit of the CipUius tn B"' their re- ter deck, 14 4I-pounder caironade), \
specliva ibips ali»cside of.tua, tba fin- —-■■ ■ — — — — ■■ ---:
ner by cutting away his anchors, and * Amercfaaatihipladea withproviaioaa.
1 66 Interesting Intelligenecfram the London Gazettes. [Feb*
long 24-poaDder, 1 24-pouDder howitzer.
Forecastle, 6 42-poiinder carrooades, 1
long 24- pounder. -— Foretop, 2 brass 6-
pounders.— -Maintop, 2 brass 6 pounders.
Mizentop, 2 smaller guns. Total 59.
His MqjesiyU ship Endymortt
at Sea, Jan. 15, 1B15.
Sir,-«[ enclose a return of the killed and
wounded, and 1 have great pleasure in
bearing testimony of the very great assist-
ance I received from the Senior Lie at.
Morgan, during the whole day*s proceed*
ings; together with the cool and deter-
mined bravery of my officers and ship's
company, on this fortunate occasion.
Where every individual has so conspicu-
ously done his duty, it would be injustice
for me to particularize, but I trust the
loss and damage sustained by the Enemy's
frigate, will shew the steady and well-
directed fire kept up by his Majesty's ship
under my command. Although our loss
has been severe, I am happy to state that
it is trifling when compared with that of
the Enemy. I have, &c. H. Hope.
To John Hayesy Esq, CapU of H. M, S.
Majestic, and Semor Officer qj^New York,
Killed and fVounded on hoard kis Maj€ttyi*i
skip EndymioTty in action vM tke United
States skip President, on ike \5tk January
1815.
Killed,-^ J. Reed, quarter- master; S.
Murphy, captain of the maintop ; ). Fair,
ordinary seaman ; W. Ash, landman ; M.
Norton, able seaman ; H. Jenkins, able
seaman; R, Mitchell, able seainan; R.
Annard, quarter-gunner; P. Connelt, land-
man ; W. Hope, landmao; J* Smith, Ser-
jeant of marines.— >Total 11«
Wounded.'^, Ensley, carpenter's mate,
severely ; J. Donovan, gunner 's-mate, se-
verely ; T. Duff. capt. of the after-guard,
dangerously; W. Lane, trumpeter, daa-
gerously ; J. Bailey, quarter-gunner, se-
verely; J. Goodhall, able seaman, slight-
ly; J. Eagan, landman, slightly; W.
Mitford, landman, slightly; R. Jutling,
landman, slightly; R. Lyons, landman,
aeverely ; T. Weeks, able seaman, slight-
ly; J. Cole, ordinary seaman, severely;
J. Price, private marine, severely; J.
Evans, private marine, slightly. — To-
tal 14.
Proceedings in the Third Session op the Fifth Parliaiibnt of the
United Kingdom op Great Britain and Ireland.
House of Lords, Feb, 9.
The House having met this day pur-
auant to adjournment. Lord Egremont
brought in a Bill to enable Clergymen to
exchange their glebes and houses for lands
and houses more commodiously situate;
which was read the first time.
Lord Melville, in reply to Lord Egre^
mont, aaid, that Ministers had taken mea-
sures to prevent the Court-Martial on Sir
John Murray being followed by any duel.
In the Commons, the same day, Mr.
Serjeant Onslow presented a petition from
Guildford against the Property Tax.
Mr. Ponsonby inquired if Ministers had
yet made up their minds to propose the
renewal of this most obnoxious tax, or to
abandon it altogether ?
The CkaTtceihr of tke Exckequer replied,
that it was his intention on Friday the 17th
lost, to submit to the consideration of the
House several important measures relat-
ing to the Finances of the country; and
he was prepared to state that the conti-
nuance of the Property Tax was not one
of the measures he meant to propose,
unless In the event of the non-ratification
^f the peace with America.
Mr. Pomonby said, was the House then
to understand that this obnoxious tax
would be given up altogether }
The Chancellor qf the Exckequer replied,
** Certainly; unless the other financial
meaiuret which he fhoold bring forward
appeared to the House still more objec*
tionabie."
Mr. fVkitbread conceived this alterna-
tive to be equal to saying to the House,
" if you do not adopt the measures which
I propose, then we must resort to the Pro-
perty Tax."
General Gascoyne reprobated the con-
tinuance of the tax; and the conversattoa
dropped.
The Chancellor ^ the Exchequer having
informed the House that Sir J. Murray, a
member, was now under trial, Mr. Free-
mantle noticed the warmth and animosity
which had been manifested on the pro-
ceedings before the Court Martiall at
Winchester; and alluded to a late doel
as the consequence of another Court Mar-
tial : he was interrupted by cries of Order I
Mr. Vansittart said, that Government
had already taken every precaution to
prevent any of those unpleasant conse-
quences which the Hon. Member seemed
to dread.
Mr.' fVkitbread said, that as the Fi-
nances of the country would be brought
under consideration next week, it was to
be presumed that Ministers were now at
least apprised of a settlement of the af-
fairs of Europe, and that there was a ter-
mination of those disputes which bad dis-
graced the assembled Negociators. He
would be glad to know if L<m4 Caitlereagh
had sanctioned Prince Repmn'^s Procla-
matipn— if the fate of Genoa was known ;
but
— betrayed by an it began ihiii :'<-" Ita-
House of Lurdi. Fib. 13. Ilani. Great Britain ba> landed her Iroop*
The Earl of Barduicke presfated aere- on four iborei lo secure your iDdepeod-
nl Petilioos From diiLricts in Cambridgt- eoce : Spain, Porlugal, and Holland, at-
■hire and adjoining counliea, praying for ten tbe liberality of her conduct. Sicily,
lavinoD of the Corn Lain. protected by hi:r power, hai been able to
Lord Grtnvitlt said, it was the duty of escape rbe uiiiver>al deluge. Spain ia
thosB sbo eDdfaronred to procare a re- already free aiid iudapendent. HoHand
peal or alteration in those Liwj, lo {ay it battening to become to ; and will Italy
before the Houee the complernt infornia- al ode remain under the yoke? You are
tion. Yet now it vai taid, by those oho Italians, and the cau«e of Italy ii in your
bad been most active in recammending bandi. Our forces, joined to yours, will
■be alteratioD, that Ihey did not mean lo make Italy what she was in her best time*,
propose a reviTal of the Com CommiUee, and what Spain ii now — indr-pendent and
tboogh in some particulars the inforaui- free." Tbe Hon. Gentleman begged tbe
tiongiienin the Reports watextiemelyde- House would remark, tbai, by the stipo-
feciiie. His Lordship must non repeat the lalioDs of the Traaiy or Paris, those pro-
opinion be had given last Session, that tbe Tiaces whic^b bad been under the doni-
tendeocy of the measures which he feared nion of Austria previnot to tbe convnU
«ere in contemplation, was only lo shift siont of Europe, were to be retnmed
the burthen, which be admitted tobe great, eventually to hert For the present ibajr
^om those who ought to bear it, to those had been placed at the dispooal of the
who ought not; and to iDCreaie and ag- Allies; but that the rest of Iiaty watto
(ravate the evil through all classes of the be erected into independent Stales. Nat>
community. Hi- Noble Friend hod hint- withstanding these ralemn obligations,
cd that tbe Executive Goverament would Austria bad taken possession of tbe Vena-
take np tbe subject: ba trusted, if this tian Slates in sovereignty, thereby eitm-
•ei* true, Ibat Ukcy wDuld biing fbrmrd goiibiag one great indcpeiideiit Repubtio,
168 Proceedings in the present Session of ParlidmenL "[Peb.
vritbout the miserable pretext of fbrmer
unjust- possession. She bad thFeateiied
to take possession of the citadel of Turin,
and bad claimed the right to send a gar-
rison into that fortress; thus g^roisly in-
sulting the feeble power to which the an-
cient and once haughty Repttblicof Genoa
had been traitorously consigned. And
thus faavi«g proceeded in injustice, she was
haunted with all that suspidous jealousy
incident to despotic usurpation : she bad
invented a conspiracy, for the pu.pose of
accuLsing obtioxious persons, and had
crowded the prisons with victims. Though
Ministers had suffered the influence of
the Briti>h c&i)inet to be dimiai^ed, yet
he trusted they would exert themselves in
•behalf of these victims of oppression.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer could
•ee neither justice nor propriety in bring-
ing charges of so serious a nature against
hi» Noble Friend, who was stated to be on
bis way borne. He sbouM not say a
single word id answer to the observations
of the Hon. Gentleman.
Feb. 14.
Mr. Whilbread&z\6t that Mr. Puigblanc,
one of those Spaniards who had sought
refuge at Gibraltar, and been given up
by Gen. Smith, had arrived in this conn-
try, and had contradicted a material part
of the General's statement. He wished
an inquiry -to be institu'ved, which was
promised by Mr. Goulbum.
Sir Samuel Romilly*s Bill mstking the
freehold property of persons who dibd in-
debted liable to their simple contract debts,
was read the first time.
House of Lords, Feb 15.
The Marquis of Buckingham animad-
verted in severe terms on the conduct pur-
sued towards the Genoese. When Lord
Bentinck entered that city in April 1814,
at the head of a Britit»h Army, he had in-
scribed on the banners, " Italian Inde-
pendence." On the 14th of March, his
Lorddhlp issued a Proclamation, exhort-
ing the Italians to arm in the contest in
which we were engaged ; and assured them
that tbe independence of Italy and the
ancient constitutions should be respected.
In another Proclamation, the Genoese
were assnred that their ancient constitu-
tions and independence should be restored.
The Genoese trusted to British faith, thus
solemnly pledged to them. They quietly
submitted to the temporary occupation of
their territory ; and the resuH has been,
that they have been consigned to tbe sub-
jection of a Pow^r to whom they had
never before submitted — to the King of
Sardinia, a sovereign to whom they had
never owed aHegiance.
The Earl of literpwA said, that, at the
proper time, ejcplasaUons wouM be given.
' when it would be Couird that the British
Government had commrMer! no 'breach of
faith, and that no expectations which the
Genoese w«re warranted in entertaining
bad been disappointed. *
Karl FiizwUliam, after declaring his'be-
lief that the continuance of some regiments
of Militia was illegal when not called for
by the circamstances of the Country, and
dangerous to the c<jnstitution, as it e3ta|>«
lished a precedent for maintaining a stand-
ing army, moved an Address to the Re«
gent, for their being disembodied.
Lords Eldon, EllenboroTigh, Sldmoutht
and Liverpool, contended that the power
of retaining them embodied, for an indefi-
nite time, was Vested in the Crown by
recent acts.
Lord Orenv'ilie and the Marquis of
Buckingham dL'nied the assertion.
On a division, tbe motion was rejected
by 27 to 12.
In the Commons, the same day, a Pe-
tition was presented from the Corporation
of London, requesting a Bill for. the im-
provements in St. MartinVle-Grand, and
for erecting a new Post-Office. The esti-
mated expence being 800,000/. occasioned
some discussion ; and Mr. Vannttart took
the opportunity of disclaiming having used
any threat towards the Corporation.
House of Lokds, Feb, 16.
The Lord Chancellor withdrew the Jary
Trial in Scotland Bill; and introduced
another, which enjoins all Civil Causes
to be decided by a Jury,* and renders the
latter capable of pronouncing in their
verdict upon the law and fact : read a first
time.
Ib the Commons, the same day, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer observed, that
the time was now fast approaching, at
which, if some measnres were not taken
for its renewal, the Bank Restriction Bill
would expire of itself. The House, how-
ever, must be aware, that though, from
the fortunate events of the last year, the
favourable state of the exchange, the fall
In the price of bullion^ and, above all, the
return of Peace, there was every ressoti
to hope the period was not far distant
at which tbe Bank would be able to resume,
in its fullest extent, the payments in cash;
yet that the moment was not fully arrived
at which they could do it, either with safety
to themselves, or benefit to the publick.
He concluded by moving a resolution,
that tbe Chairman be instructed to move
for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the
Bank Restriction Act, for a time to be
limited.
Mr. Ttemey trusted that no further de-
lay would take place than was necessary;
and Mr. VaninUatVt motion was agreed to.
ABSTRACT
4h* INwrrs have covenanted that Ihe po«- bf coropleled. Her imifpendanoe i< nm-
Bettioa of 3t. Domingo shuulil be gairan- flrntnt; and iheia^acuiDislol'S^Canlons.
Wed bjr a loremn act to LouisXVIII. ; ihat, Benie is to base Bienne and the Bisbopric
ia oo^i^uence, England ilielf and tha of Bade, ai an indemnity for tfas Pa;i de
Otter maritime Powers, IF neces-Biy, would Vaad.
OMUrlbDte to the armamint and the eipe- GERMANV.
4limi. In this manner the conquest of The Dolte of Wellingloa arrived «t Vi-
ttiat vast Colon; , which is of lucb inesli- enos on the nigbt oF the 1« init. Htl
•wMa value la France, would be easily Orace had taken up bii reiidence at (b*
Cjffeeled ; and the occupation of it woald hotel oF Klapperstat.
leave no room fbrfntarsfean." The Nurimberg Gaaelle of Ihs 14th
HOLLAND. states the treaty relatire to Saxony la be
An article From Brussels states, that an ratified, and that ili publicalios in tb«
order baa been issued for the Officers on VKnna Cmrl Otiette was daily cxpectud.
the Staff of the Briiisb Army in Belgium A declaration, said to hare been mode by
(perlupi it bad been more correctly said the Duke of Wellington on hii arriral at
tbat permission has been granted) to re- Vienna, that (he subsidies paid by tbU
torn la England. From Ibis ciirurngtance Country to the different Povets were to ba
■I may not unreasonably be infurred, that discontinued, is supposed Is bare greatly
the future slate of the (Jailed NeLherlands contributed to accdeiile lb* deciaioQS «f
n delnilivelv settled, in the general ar- the Congress.
rangement of Eurojiean affairs, nod lb at The late>t French Papers concur in
the bright prospect of an Hni»ereal and stating Ihat the faie of Saxony ia at length
pemanent peace admits of the British decided ; and Ihey go so far as to assert,
troops bring speedily withdrBvn Fram the Ihat their statemenu rest on ottciaj inteU
Cantinent — an event which will sliM fur- ligence fhxn ihe seat orCongreB4 j while
tber reduce the enpences of the Peaca- Ihey exultingfy proolaim the Hnangamant
eitablishment of ibis countiy. in ituMtiou (by which Pniitia hM not ob-
Qttn.MkB. FeirMty, MiS. MJMl
10
170
Abstract qf Foreign Occurrences,
[Feb.
tained the foil extent of her demands) as
the proud triumph o^ Freocb policy. If
these statements be correct, and French
policy have really prevailed in this in-
stance, we shall sincerely regret the event.
Still, however, shall we have the consola-
tion to reflect, that Prussia, though defeated
in her views by an unnaturar combination
of irreconcilable feelings and pas^>ions,
will nevertheless be strong in national
spirit, in the bravery of her troops, and iu
the perfect union subsisting between the
Government and the people. Besides, her
accession of territory on the side of
Saxony, though not so extensive as couid
be wished, will not fail to be productive
of great advantage, both military and po-
litical ; as it will give her a strong frontier
on that side wt^ere she wanted it most,
which will be formed by the course of the
£fbe, and rendered extremely respectable
by the two important fortresses of Torgau
and Witteniberg. By the reported deci-
sion of the Congress in this respect, the
kingdom of Saxony, which contains two
millions of inhabitants, is to be divided
in poipt of population thus: -Prussia gets
700,000, or about one-third ; and the re-
maining two-thiirds continue subject to the
legitimate dynasty. The fate uf Saxony
determined, the arrangement of all the
other points would spe^ily follow.
These Papers contain a Note, addressed
by Count Nesselrode, the Russian Minis-
ter, to the Ministers of Austria and Prus-
sia, which, though old, is not uninteresting.
It is on the subject of the Federative Con-
stitution of Germany ; and was presented
ori the llih of November last. In it, the
Jtussian Minister says, that his Imperial
Master saw with great pleasure the plan
of a federative Constitution presented by
Austria, Prussia, and Hanover; which, by
giving to the Confederation the right of
making war and peace, of settling dif-
ferences between Prince«, &c. completely
answers all the principles of justice and
Social order, for the good of individuals,
and the interests of b;urope. It is only by
such a system as this vhat Europe can iBnd
a guarantee for the internal repose of Ger-
many j and can hope to see the forces of
Germany concentrated on one hand, so as
never to be employed except for its com-
Boo good. By this means dissensions
will be put an end to, abuses repressed,
and every kind of right protected by wise
and liberal institutions.
The issue of the negociations respecting
the Slave Trade, we regret to state, looks
tbot cloudily; but, with the knowledge
which we possess of the accuracy of the
Paris Journals, we must doubt their au-
thority when they assertthat Portugal, as
ifell as SpaiA, is to continue that odious
Iraflc for six years. France, they say,
will maintain it for two, instead of five
^ears, as stipulated by the former treaty.
The Austrian Government has, to raise
a revenue for the year 1815, .laid a tax of
50 per cent, on labour; and the letters from
Vienna state that the result has only been
to raise, m the same proportion, the price '
of all manufactures ahH articles of industry.
This measure, has produced a depreciatioii
of the course of exchange at Vienna.
The King of Prussia is stated Co have
sent orders to Berlin, to prepare the rbyal
chateaus for rhe reception of foreigners of
distinction. It is believed that this Sove-
reign would . on his return, be accompanied
by the Emperor of Russia and the King of
Denmark.
A Hamburgh paper says, that the Duke
of Cambridge contemplates a considerable
increase of the revenue of Hanover. He
has declared to the Diet, that the King
requires nothing for himself; that no part
of the revenue will be appropriated by his
Majesty to his own use ; 'hut the wants of
the State urgently require its increase.
ITALY.
The King of Sardinia is arrived at Ge-
noa, where he was received with joy by
his new subjects.
The Pope, like Ferdinand, seems to be
a decided enemy to the Press. He Has
lately ordered the Post<K>fficers in his
States not to distribute any Gazette or
printed Journal without the authority of
the Cardinal Secretary of State.
A new Papal Bull was on the Ist alt.
published by the Pope, at Rome ; which
appears remarkable by its authorizing the
Ecclesiastics to propbaoe the evening of
the Sabbath, while three ether evenings of
the week are to be strici ly observed. The
S4th article will be deemed rathe^ingular
by the clergy and laity of the Rmorated
Communion. — 'V£very Ecclesiastic, Dea-
con, Sub-Deacon, &c. is forbidden to ap-
pear at any play-houses in their religiona
habits. The play-houses are to remain
shut every Friday througlvout the yeai.
No Ecclesiastic is to go into a play-house,
in whatever habit, on Wednesdays or Sa-^
turdays, bnt may on Sundays."
SWEDEN.
The Ex-King of Sweden has published
a very curious address. He .•^ays, he hap
jreceived the Grand Seignior's permisiioii
to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land;
in consequence, he invites ten persons to
ac(K)mpany him ; one from each of the
nations of Eiirope : they are to wear black
robes, let their l>eards grow, take the
title and style of Black Brethren, and are
each to be attended by a servant in black
and grey livery. Notice of the willinguegs
of an individual to accompany him, is to
be published in some paper priuted iu the
country to which he belongs ; and alt the
Black
gnat giDsDlry and ipiril on both iidri Tor
two haucs and ■ half; utita, Ibe Eadf-
mkn'* ■■ill being cat from Ihe j»cit, the
EnemT got ahead, Capt. Hope takiDg
thit iqipoilunitf to bend nen anils to en-
able taim to get bis ship alongside again,
the action ce»ttS, till the Pomone. getiiog
up at half pall eleven at night, aod firing
■ fe« ahota, the BneiuT bailed to lajr she
had already inrcendered. The Eodyniun
Wai inferior m n umber of men, tonnage,
EDn<, and weight of metal. The Pi " "
t.d.i,
: feet of «ai
ber ill
her bold, and
loit
m grral nnmber
arm
leu ; but the e
1, o.i.,g 10
ihes
hips having pi
irted
Gompa
a,, and <h,
e Bile'
nee of thB En.
•-my.
could I
rtaine
d. The End J 1
[Dion
badtei
>m(nkiii«[
laad
fourteen won
nded
—a \f::
IS proportit
.n of
loss than we
have
any a.
with tl
•UK. We are lold, that Ihi
tenegadoei who wera of the Preaiilent's
crew, JDDiped overboard when she (track,
to avoid ihe ignommlous itenih due to
a having fooghl agaimt ths
Briti
Bag.
'Hie force of Ibe Eadymion ii sard to
beiS guni, of all (izei— men, 340— ton-
nage, 1377. The force of ihe Preiidenl
waa 39 gani — >ra«, 490 men — tmnafe.
S. That tb« Preiidenl, and olber Vsd-
ing men, in imitalion of what wai done ia
PriDce at the epoch of Bnonapanr'i de>
posiilon, should form tbemselTea into ■
Provisional flovernment lubject lo tha
authority ofLouiiXVIH.
3, That they ihouldhoi'itthePrenchBii;.
Id retarn, he promiie'l the Preiideni anil
bis colleagueg bDooorable diitiactloni and
rewards i and lie assured them, that the
progress of kaowledge in France bad de-
(iroyed the tyranny of hurifnl prpjudicei j
that LquIi, " tike the Diviaiiy of whom be
ji the representative" — (a mode of ipeuli-
JDg which must certainly shock Ibtt pious
Prince) — felt equal aSEction for bis sub-
jects without distinction of colour. In this
letier M. Lavayise again took occasion )o
inieigh with fury against the " Co'sican,"
as well as against the " Bjshaw Leclerc."
and " the other brigfincis who were sent to
Hayti in 1802 by the usurper;" and
amongst whom, it may be obseivej, was
I long
The President on the ISth of November
ansTPted ibis letter by a statement of ih*
evils which Hayli bad niSercd from revo- '
lulionarf
172
Ahsttact of Foreign Occurrence.
[Feb.
latiooar]^ Fraiic*. He remindei) him that
the Natiooal Cockade was the first incite-
men' to matsacra ia St. Domingo ; that
the Colonials, now go clamor ) us at the
Court of the Bourbons, but lately for the
most part satelliteti of Buonaparte, were
many of them in the outset of the revolu-
tion viulen< democrats, as was proved by
the lamented asiiassi nation of Colonel Mau-
duit, a particular and personal confidant
of Monsieur's. This letter concluded by
ftuing, that the Presideat had convoked
the chief authorities of the Republick for
the 21st of November, and would lay be-
fore them the propositions made by M.
£avaysse. The French Agent was soon
after this attacked with illness. However,
two short letters passed between him and
the President on the 19Lh and 20ih, of no
particular importance. On the :21st of
November, the General Assembly of the
Haytiao authorities was held at Port-au-
Prince; when it was unanimously resolved
to reject the proposals of Lavaysse ; to
whom the President in consequence ad-
dressed a formal statement of their reasons
for so doing ; but addeJi that wishing to
re-establish relations of commerce with
France, and to shew that respect which
they had always felt for his Majesty
Louis XVII I. the Haytian Republick was
willing to establish the bases of a pecu-
niary indemnity for the losses which the
French Colonist** had sustained, and must
•ootiuue to suffer, inconsequence of the
separation of Hayti from Prance. To this
liberal offer it appears that Lavaysse was
not authorised to make any answer. He
aiccordrogly, on the 29th of November*
with many acknowledgments for the ur-
banity which bad been shown to him, per-
sonally demanded his passports; and
shortly afterwards departed in a merchant-
Tessel which he hired for that purpose.
All the oflicial documents relative to this
transactioif were printed and published at
Port-au-PrinCe, ou the 3d of December,
preceded by an address of the President
to the people and the army, strongly im-
pressing on them the necessity of defeud-
ing that independence which they had ac-
quired by force of arms. ** Victory," says
the President, ** always accompafiifs a
just cause. This is a sufficient assurance
that it will accompany our's, if we should
be attacked. In that case you will always
see me at your head, proud to lead yuu
to success, or to perish with you. The
Repubiiik eaepectx that every man wil do his
duty, I will set you the example.''
ASIA.
PROPACATION OF CaTUOLICISM IN OiIVA.
We have advices from China, that
Christianity was spreading very rapidly in
that extensive and popuioui Empire. The
Missionaries were Catholics, who, by a
fckilful dispel y of the acquirements of l-.n-
rope, and occa&ionally practising at pby-
sicians. had gained proselytes among the
higher class of Mandarins. Among their
discip'es, there is particular mention of
Ho-Wan, the Viceroy of Peking whott
name occurs in the f^iatement of the Em-
peror, p. 74 of this Volume. So zealous
was this nobleman for the propagation of
the new faith he had embraood, that h«
had given large sums for the maintenanoc
of the proselytes to Catholicism ; and €x«
erted all his interests at Court, to obtain
permission for chapels to be built in which
divine service might be performed. His
exertions are stated to have been noi
uusucecssful. lu the gratitude of Kin
King, he found a most powerful auxiliary.
That Monarch, while suffering acute pains
from the stone, had experienced relief
from the prescriptions of one of the Mis-
sionaries; and his interest and inclinatioa
alike corresponded in granting the rt-
quired favour.
Extract qfa Letter- from Rome.
' ** Letters from M. de Moike, Bishop of
Cathay, inform us, that our Holy Rtligkm
continues to make great progress in tb«
empire of China. In the proTince of
Fo-kieo, twenty-two families bad bteo.
converted by this prelate, who hadj in the
course of one year, administered baptism
to 10,400 children, and 1677 adults ; and
2675 catechumens were qnalifyiof^ by
preparatory instiMotions, to recetye this
sacrament. In the province of Ho-nao*
by the labours of the holy Fathers, 196
families had embraced the Christian faiib«'
and 16,000 adults and children bad re*
ceived baptism* In Chan-tong and Shan*
see, some progress was made, but tiio
number of converts is noi sti^ed. Tbe
churches were gradually multiplymg^: one
was erected at Fo-kieo, within sight of
the grand Temple dedicated to the Chi-,
nese idol Fo. The Emperor himself has
been heard to praise the Christian religion
before tbe Mandarins. The new Chris-
tians in this vast Empire cannot amount
to less than 60,000 souls. They evince
I great zeal, and support hunger and fatigue
witli surprising patience, when they jour-
ney from distant villages to hear the Holy
Word."
Secojid Letter from Rom0,
« The news that we receive from M. de
Barette, bishop of Veren, is not less satis-
factory. * The great toleration which the
Missionaries enjoy in Tonquin and' in Chi-
na,' says this prelate, * is one effect of
the particular good-will of the Sovereign,
and of his gratitude for services rendered
by M. D'Adrao. 'Ilia number of Chris^
tiaiis in the mission of Tonquin, is up-
wards of 6,000 ; and we have been enabled,
in a very 8lu>rt time, to establish in diffe«
rent provinces, fifteen religious houses,
under the denomination of The Lovers ^
the Cre^s.*"
IRELANB.
tar, occupiod by Meurs. Scholei, our- tunata mODBrLh;, aitb impartant Htatioas
Ctuutf, ma, a tea tlayi sinoi, diacorereil •" tlic Preacb empire. Wc sincccely wiih
tv be OQ Gre ; and uuLnlihstiiwIiDg the U>M an eita^lubmaat originat'iDE in Bri-
saretuuies nwe comuiucd. Tiie pri>- Fidnce under the laacliua of Lliat govtrn-
pertycomuBied ii valued al ICI,OUOJ.) tUe meiiti and that t be laoie prluciplei uf
•bole iosured. loyalLy, wblcb baie distiDguished the ga-
Tbis day a brig appealed, ttanding f«r vcmon and gorerMd at Pmn, *il1 alwayt
tbe bar, w hsiaouth, wben leven )iilati cbaracteiiie ihe commuaity in their na-
laUDClied a long boat to pilot her into ibo tive r;ouD(ry. His Hoit CbristiaD Msjeity
baibaoi'; but an their approachiug ilu has si^'nified bis approbation of the con-
bar, a beary sea upiet tbe boat Some ■)■■'( at tbe flupsrior, by tianimitting va
men on tbe Baacoo Hill, oa tbe look-out t>iit>. through hia Ambiuador at tbe Coun
vitb their glanoB. aaw the accident, and of London, tbe decoration of the Order of
(ave tbe alarm; a boat vai ipslantly tbe Lia, with a patent of pfrmiiiion ta
mauavd, and in 45 miuulcs aai oul to *ear (he game.
their Biiiatance, aod suoceeded in aeviog — -^ —
four oat of tbe leien, oho were dingiog DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES,
to ibe Leeli the other three were drowned, " tVaidter CatUt, Ai. 4. — 'I'he Kio(
Fell, 1. A young vomBD, nbo had been continues in good health ; but since th«
married only three rnonttas, and lived at last Report his Uajeily has been lesi uoU
Wiicomb, being aiirnuioned to aatwer a formly tianquil thaa be vas during sogio
charge of a breach of the peace, at the preceding mnoths."
instance of her mother-in-las, ibren her- Tkuisiag, Jan. ^C.
Hclf into the river, at mdcmA, and naa ThU day ihe Kedoububle, of Ti gUM, .
drowned. Every means in discDVor Ihe was Jaunehed at the King's Dock-yan),
oo Woulwioh. In spite if the coU, ihe yard
itr, WIS crowded for acoDsiderabletirae before
lus, tlie ship went off the stocks; and the
174 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.' [Feb.
river presented a scene troly^ picturesque. 9d. <' For negfect of duty and difobe-
The ve'isel was deckad out in all her oo- dieoce of the express written order oif bis
lours, which were affixed to jury-masts; Excellency Field Marshal ihf Marquis of
and was crowded with several hundred We:llingtun, the Commander of his Ma-
persons; even the opposite bank was lined jesty's forces in the Pminsola, by not
with shivering spectators. This beautiful immediately re-t:mbaiking the whole of
vessel is built after a new construction, the forces under Ins command, after he
and is rendered more roomy and conve- had determined to raise, and had actually
■lent to her crew than the old-built ships, raised, the siege of Tarragona, and re-
Saturday, Jan. 28. * turning to Valencia, in order to assist tbe
An alarming fire, and destructive in its Spanish armies in that province in securing
consequences, broke out, a few minutes the positions which they might have ac-
before five o'clock in the morning, at the quired there.''
bouscr ot Mrs. Walford, a most respect- 3d. " For neglect of duty in baittily re-
able dress-maker in Conduit-street, Bond- embarking tbe forres under his cominand,
street. The flames were first discovered without any previous preparations or ar-
in the back part of the premises, and, it rangements, and that pracipitately and
is affirmed, the fire bioke out in the uimecessariiy abandoning a considerable
workwoman's room, on the first floor, quantity of artillery, stores, and a aiimini«
The number usually employed in the room tiofi, about ISth June, 1813, oearTarra-
was twelve or thirteen. Mrs. Walford gona, when be was so far from being
rescued five of her children from the compelled to t^is degrading measure by^
flames, but a sixth, a fine boy, about the immediate approach of apy superior
twelve years old, fell a prey to tbe devour- force,' or by any other sufficient cause,
ing element. He slept in the two- pair that by due zeal, firmness, and exertion,
back-room, and must have been suffi>- the greater part, if not the whole, might
cated before the flames could reach him. have been embarked in safety. Admiral
This unfortunate youth was afflicted with Hallowell, who was at the time on duty on
deafness, which probably prevented him the station, engaging to. effeet the saoae :
firom hearing the noise which the alarm of —such conduct being highly to the prejiy.
Are occasioned. In less than an hour the dice .of the service, and detrimental to the
house was a heap of ruins within its walls. British military character."
Mrs« Walford had lately buried her bus- Upon which charges the Court cam* to
band and eldest son, for whom the family the following decision :
wais in muurning, and her present addi- ** With respect to the first a^d taootid
tiauhl affliction b most deeply to be de- charges, that Lieutenant* general Sir John
plored. The roof of the adjoinmg house Murray is Not Guilty.''— ".Wi^b respect
is considerably injured. to the third charge, that Xjiemenaat^-ge-
A duel was fought at Paris by Col. Pat- ueral Sir John Murray^is Quil^ on^ of
mer and Col. Queotin, on the 3d Feb. : so much of that charge as stales, * Tkai
the former, after receiving his adversary's he unntcettarUp abandoned a con^iderahle
fire, which failed to take effisct, discharged quantUy </ artillery and stareg, • wkieh Me
his pistol in the air. mifht kaoe embarked m sqfety, nieh emtisei
Horse Guards, Feb. 17. bemg detrimental to the ^roicei*' and tbe
At a general Court-Martial held at Court does therefore find himGaUtjo
Winchester, Jan. 16, 1815, and continued such, part, but does aoquit hiai%f the irc-
by adjournments to Feb. 7, Lieut.-gen. mainderof that ehaige.— The Courts wi-
Sir J. Murray, hart, was arraigned upon der all the circumstances of the case, ooo-
the onder-mentipned charges, vix. sidering the conduct of Sir John BCbrray - ,
Ist." For landing or continuingon shore, to have proceeded firom: a mere error is
when landed, between the 7th and the judgment, is of opinion, and does adjudge,
ISth June, 1313, near Tarragona, a large that, for the part of the third charge, of
quantity of heavy artillery, ammunition, which Lieutenant-general Sir John Mor-
and stores, when he had good reason to ray has been so foiund Guilty, be be ad-
believe that no real benefit could be de- monisbed in such manner as bis Royal
rived for ten or twelve days, as to pro- Higfauess the Commander in Chief Bay
ducing the fall of Tarragona by these think proper."
means ; and when he had received iofor- His Royal Highness the Prince Regent
matlon, which he believed, that long be- has been pleased; in tbe name and on the
fore that time a superior force of the Ene- behalf of his Mijeity, to approve and con-
Iny would be near him, and was aware firm the finding and sentence of the
that tbe siegr, must then be abandoned. Court; but, as the Court has only attri-
knowing at ibe same time the great diffl- buted to Sir John Murray a mere error m
cutties and dangers at- ending a sudd*^n judgment^ the case has not appeared to
re-embarkation on that coast ;^och con- His Royal Highness to call for any Imther
duct being highly unmilitary, and against observation,
the spirit of his instructions." The
IS 15.] Domestic Occurrences. — Gofzette and CtoH Promotions. 175
The following is a description of the
tnperb dre«» sent by Louis XV 1 11. to the
Prmce Regent, with the Order of St.
Esprit : — ^The mantle all round the bor-
der is embossed with gold, representing
the emblems of war, and the H »nrrooiided
by the imperisl crowns. It measures at
the bottom of the mantle, from one end
to the other, 24 feet. The tippet which
goes uoder the mantle is of green sarce-
net; the figures on it are exactly the
same as on the mantle, but on a much
smaller scale. The collar that goes over
the tippet it of beautiful French lace,
ralued at twelve hundred pounds. The
collar or necklaee is composed of dim-
monds, rubies, emeralds, &c. and is very
beautiful. The hat is made of black
TeUet embMssed with gold round it, with
a beautiful ostrich feather at the top.
The breeches are of white sarcenet, and
made in the antique way, embroidered
with silver, and a pair of hose of white
silk. The slioes are made of silver tissue,
with roses of white satin. There are two
swords, very beautiful, with golden hilts.
There is also a dress for his attendant,
which is very beautiful, but not so superb
aa the other.
-The Prinee Regent haft lent the score
of the celebrated Battle-Piece, which re-
qoires near 200 instrumental performers,
compo^sed by Beethoven, to Sir George
Sanrt, to be performed at the Drury-lane
Oratorios. The score was a present from
Beethoven to the Prince, and is ibe only
copy in this country. —This piece was
composed by Beethoven directly after the
battle of Vittoria. After the first per-
formance of it at Vienna, it was encored ;
the audience called for Bieethoven, and he
'appeared in the front of the Orchestra,
wheti the Theatre resounded with applause
for a considerable length of time. He is
allowed to be the best composer that has
appeared since the days of Handel.
■ The Marquis of Bute no sooner return-
ed from abroad, 'ban he transmitted to
tits late private tutor, the Rev. John Kaye,
(now Master of Christ's College, Cam-
bridge, and D. D.) an annuity bond of
1000/. a year, accompanied by a letter,
expressive of the high sense which' his
Lordship emertained of his literary ser-
vices and friendly attachment. Mr.
Kaye, in rotumiufir his grateful acknow-
ledgement for this extensive mark of kind-
ness and liberality, stated that it could
only be made aocvptable to his (Mr K's)
feelings by his Lordship's consenting to
let his bounty be reduced to a moiety of
the sum which he had so generously in-
tended; and this is understood to have
been dene, to the reciprocal credit of both
parties.
Mr. Wellf sley Pole's house in Saville-
row, -will be ornamented by the collection
of pictures ^which* were taken by the Dnke
of Wellington, on tlieir way to FrancCy
after the battle of Vittoria. Among them
are: ** Our Saviour p*reac1iing at the
Mount of Olives." by Rubens j several
beautiful landscapes by Claude and Ti-
tian ; and portraits by Vandyke 5t Rubens.
The Committee of ihe Slovk Exchange^
on the Anniversary of the De Bereftg^
Hoax, distributed the sum stopped on ac-
count of the fraud, to different ChariUes,
as follows :
To the London Hospital . « jf .500
Middlesex ditto 500
Westminster ditto 500
Six other Charities, 300/. each . 1800
Nine other ditto, 200/. each . . 1800
Twenty-eightother ditto, 100/ each 2800
Twenty-one other ditto, 50/. each 10^
These sums are to be paid free of all
expense ; and whatever balance may re-
main (about 33/.) will, in addition to ona
of the i200/. donations, be gpven to the
Society in Craven- street, fur dischai^ng
Small Debt^.
Gazette Promotions.
Si. Jome^s, Dec. 16. Henry Alexander,
of Cork-street, eiiq. Oculist in Ordhnary
to Her Majesty .-^Mr. Alexander has since
been appointed, by command of the Prinict
Regent, Sutgeon-Ocnlist to His Majesty.
Foreign-office, Jan. ^. Hon. Rdbert
Annesley, Consul at Antwerp.
Feb. 7. Alexander Turnbull, esq. Con-
sul at Marseilles, and all other ports and
places in the Department of the Mouths
of the Rhone.
George Sholto Douglas, esq. Secretary
to the Legation at Florence.
Hon. Col. H. King, one of the Grooms
of His Majesty's Bedchamber.
Civil Promotions.
The Marquis ofThomond, Clerk of the
Hanaper in Ireland, vice the late Earl of
Westmeath.
The Earl of Mount Cashel, Represen-
tative Peer for Ireland, vice the late Earl
of Westmeath.
Rev. Mr. Wood, Master of St. John's
College, Cambridge, vice Dr. Craven, dec
Rev. Joseph A Batten, Principal of the
East India College, Hertford, vice Henley,
resigned.
Feb. 2. George Valentine Cox, M. A. of
New College, Oxford. Superior Bedel in
the faculties of Medicine and Arts, vice
Rhodes.
Feb. 3. Tilleman Hodo^kinson Bobart,
formcriy of University College, Oxford,
Superior Bedel in Law, vice Cox.
Rev. J. P.Hewlett, M. A. of New CoU
lege, Oxford, Proctor in th^ University
Cour(, vice Rhodes.
SHERIFFS
in
Nem Sher^. --^Circuits fffth€ Judges.
(Fab.
SHERIFFS fw tht Ytmr 1815.
M94fordsh,'^ft Mibb«it, of East Hide, ^aq.
fierkih. — J. WilU, •f HuDgerfbrd-park,e8^.
Muckinghamsh, — Tbomas Digby Aabrey, of
Cbii ton -house, esq.
Connhridgtskire and Huniingdonsh^^^Roberi
Booth, of A icoDbury, esq.
.Of«Air«.--^oho Isheruood, of Af arpie,e9q.
OtmbtrL — Wm. Poosonby Jobnion, of
Walton house, esq.
Derbyshire, — Sir lienry Fitzberbert« of Tis-
f ington, bart.
D§vonsh, ~- James Marwood Blton, of
Church Strife., esq.
Xlor4eif/i.<— Geo. Smith, of Speti isbory, esq.
^tf^r.—Luke William Walfard, of Little
Dardfietd, esq.
GtfOuccsiershire,'^W\\\\^m Morri*, of Se-
veohanapton, esq.
Befefordih.—'V .TJ^oley, of Siobe£diih,esq.
jfJerti. — And. K^id,of Cbippiug Barnet,esq.
Acn/.— Robert Foote, ofiharlton, esq.
iAncash.-^luQ (jeodre Siarkie, of Uem-
ttoyd, esq.
Leicestersh. — £dward Farnham, of Quom-
don. esq.
Lincolmh. — J, Sivesey, of Baurob^r, esq.
JfonmouM^A.-— Sam. Bosanquet, of DiDge-
siow, esq.
Aor/o/it.— r.Thornbill, of Riddit sworth.esq.
Noriham^tonsk.-^heveson Vernon, of Stoke
Bruern, esq.
^ortkumberL-^, Baker, of Stanton, esq,
Notts, — ^Jobn S. Wright, of Walford, eaq.
Orfordfh. — B. F. Coulston, of Filkins, esq.
i^lmnd, — Sam. Barker, of Lyndon, esq.
Skrcpshire,-^^, Taylor, of Cbick9«ll, eaq,
S0fiun;f#tiAtre.«— John. Pbelip*, of. Moota- .
cute. esq.
Stt^fwdtkire.-^HtiiVf CrocheU^ of Uiila
Onn Hall, esq.
C&unty ^ Souihampton^-^H, Bofaiiqaet,
of Clanvilie Lodge, esq.
£^/#}/A-.--Cbarle8 TyreU, of Gippiog. esq.
Surrey. — James Laing, of Streatbam, eiq.
Sussex.^-ltLW •Waller, ofM ichelgff0ve,eaq»
IVnrwieksk, — James Woolley, of Iduiieid-
House, esq.
fViitsJure,''^eo, Eyre, of Bramshaw, esq.
ti^orccstersk.'-^Udw. Dixon, of Dudley, esq.
Forb.— W. -.arfo ' >f Wiggintborpe.eaq.
Caermarikeiuh.'—^K^&jrg9 Meart, of Lan-
»tephaii-place, esq.
Pembrokesh, — Maurice Willianis, of Cwm-
gloyn, esq.
Qxrdigonsk.*^H. Evans, of Higbmead, etq.
Gltmergansk. — Wm. Taitt, of Cardiff, esq.
Breconsh. — H.Price, of Castle Madock,«sq.
RadnoTsh, — Wm. Davis, of Cabalva, eaq.
JIferwnc/fcA.— rLewis Vaughan^ of Pei\-
maen Dovey, esq.
Carnarvonshire — ^William GriffyddOakley,
of Kacby saint, epq.
Anglesey. — Rob. Hughes, of Piaayn Llan*
gned, esq.
Montgomerysh, — P. Jones, of Cofroyd, esq.
XWTifti^AfAJre.— Charles OriAth WymM, of
PeHtre Voclas, esq.
Ftint^. — Sir R.Brooke, of Hope Hall.baft^
Appointed by ifie Prince tf W^s,
CWnwa//.— Sir Vyell Vyvyan, of Tirelo*
warren, baft.
CIRCUITS OF THS JUDGES.
WfiSTBBK.
SPRING
CIRCUIT.
1815.
Thci. Mar.'J
Saturday 4
Monday 6
Wednesd. 8
Friday 10
Saturday 1 1
If onday 1 S
Thursday 16
Friday 17
Saturday 18
Monday 20
Tuesday 21
Wednes. ^Q
Saturday 25
Monday 27
Tuesday 28
Thursday 30
Sat. Apr. 1
Wednesd, !y
NoapoLK.
LdEUeobro*
J. Heath
L, C. Justice
J. Bayley
Aylesbury
Bedford
Huntingdon
Cambridge
Tlietford
Bury St. Ed.
Mt»LAllO.
Northampt
Oakham
Line. & City
Nott&town
Derby
LeicfcBor.
Coventry &
[Warwick
NoaTHfitN.
L. C. Baron
, Le Blanc
J. Chambre
B. Wood
iw^"^— ^.
Chelmsford
York & City
Lancaster
HOM£.
Hertford
I > I
' ■»■
Maidstone
Horsham
Kingston
B. Graham
J. Dampier.
Winchester
(f. Sarum
Dorchester
m^ma^i^rmm^^^
0
Eiceter and
[City
Launceston
Taunton
Qkfqio.
J. PaUftS
Q. Richardi
(leading
Oxford
Wor.JtCitjr
3taiford
< ■■ ■
v^ewsbury
Herefofd
VlODfBOMtb
Gte.ltCit^
BIRTH5,
1815.] Births and Marriages of Eminent Persons.
177
BIRTHS.
1814. Dec. 19. The Hereditaiy Pnn-
of Sicily, a daughter.
1815 Jan 2. At Suosted Bary, Herts,
the wife of Lieut.- col. Poulkes, a sod.—"
18. The lady of Viscount Powersconrt, a
floo.— 21. In Henrietta-streei, the lady of
don. Charles Law, a dau. — %3, Ai Clap-
ham Coimnctn, Hon. Mrs. Morris, a dau.
—26. At Gaddesden Park, Mrs. Halsey,
a srm and heir. — 29. The wife of Hon.
Robert Lee«on, a son.
Lately, At Pulham, the lady of Sir H.
Torrens, a dau. — At Thames Oitton, Hon.
Mr*. '.V^ydfc^, Bouverie, a dangh. — The
lady\. ^vT L. Maclean, M. D. of Sudbury,
a d:iu. — At Cuckoey. Nottinghamshire, the
lady of Sir George Eyr^t t>art. a dau.— At
Easton, Herefordshire, the wife of O. R.
Dansey. esq. a son and heir. — At Apley
Paik, Shropshire, the wife of T. Whit-
more, esq. a dan. — At Aldourie, Inver-
nesshire, the wife of Wm. Francis Tytler,
esq. sheriff of that county, a dau.— In
Dtiblin, Viscountess Avonmore, a son and
beir. — In Dublin, the lady of Sir Wheeler
Cuffe, bart. a dau. — At Oriel Temple,
Lomh, Lady H. Poster, a son. — At Ber-
mu.la, the lady of Sir T. J. Cochrane, R.
N. a (laughter.
Feb A. In Park-lane, Viscountess Grim-
ffton, a dau.— ^. In Charlet-street, Berke-
ley-square, Rr. Hon. Lady Elizabeth
Sofeytb, a son and heir.— 10. The wife of
James.^lexander, esq. M. P. of Seymour-
place, May fair, a son. — 20. In Wobum-
pJace, the wife of J. T. Clement, esq. a
son and heir.
MARRIAGES.
Jan. 17. At Kinsaie, Ireland, Hon. Col.
T. F. Deane, 38th reg. (eldest son of Lord
Muskerry), to the second daughter of M,
Haynes, esq. Bishop's Castle, Shropshire.
Rev. T. Kilgour to Charlotte, only dau.
and heiress of J. Oyer, esq. of Sussex.
Rev^. T. H. Ripley, vicar of Wootton
Bassett, to Caroline, third daughter of
William Honey wood, esq. of Sibton, Keut.
19. At Dunbar-house, Scotland, Jas.
Balfour, esq. of Cjorton, to Lady Eleanor
Maitland, dau. of Earl of Lauderdale.
Mr. Hen. Bennett, jun. to Miss Apne
Fish, of Highbury-terrace.
20. Lieut.coi. Castle, 6th West India
reg. to Mrs. Hemment, relict of the late
James Hemment, esq. of Thorney Abbey.
21. Rev. George Hughes, to the only
daughter of Craven Ord, esq. of Greensted
liall, Essex.
24^ Edw. Watpole, esq. son of the late
Hon. Robt. Walpole, to Miss Gildemeester,
daughter of the late Daniel G. esq.
26. At Rochester, Lieut.-col. Bingham
eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Bingham, tu
Mary, only daughter of Thox. ClUot, esq.
Gent. Mac. Febrttary, 1815.
11
Migor-gen. Sir Wm. Aofoii, K. C. B.
to Misf l^isa Frances Mary Dickenton.
27. At Wargrave, Berkit, Capt Han-
mer of the Royal Horse Guards (son of
Sir Thomas Uanmer, bart.) to Mi^s Xi-
menes, only daughter of Sir Morris Xt-
nienes, of Bear- place, Beilc^.
30. At Edinburgh, Charles Montolieu
Burges, esq. to Lady Mary Monrgomerie.
Lately. Rev. W. C. Wilson (eldest son
of W. W. C. Wilson, esq. of Castertoa
Hall, Kirby Lonsdale), to Anne, eldest
daughter of Major-gen. Neville, Pall-mall.
Lieut.-col. Thomas, 1st Guards, to the
daughter of Sir C. Brunsden.
Capt W. Birchall, R. N. to Leonora,
third daughter of Richard Bingham, esq.
of Bingham's Melcombe, Dorset.
James Coombs, esq. banker, of Windsor,
to Miss Brown of Marl boron gli.
Rev. Wm. M'Douall, M.A. vicar of
Ashby de la Zouch; (nephew to the late
Earl of Dumfries), to Miss Gaudin*
P. F. Pell, esq. ofTupholme Haii, near
Wra^by, to Eliz4, eldest daughter of Wil-
liam Waite, esq. of Boston.
At St. Lawrence, Isle of Thaeet, Henry
Layar4» esq. of his Miyesty's Ceylon Ci-
vil Service (brother of the Couoiess of
Lindsey), to Marianne* only daughter of
Nath. Austen, esq. of Ramsgaie.
At Bishop Wearmouth, T. Wilkinson,
esq. to Arabella, dau. of Dr. Pemberton.
At Kirkby Overblow, Yorkshire, Capt.
Stiles, R. N. to Louisa, second daughter
of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Marsbam.
Florence Egan, esq. of Neuagh, co.
Tipperary, to Dorothea, third daughter of
of George Green way, esq. of Attleborough
Hall, Warwickshire.
Hugh Hovell Farmer, esq, of Duosi-
nane, Wexford, to Meliora, only daugh-
ter of the late P. R. Myners, esq. of
Treago, Herefordshire.
At Bailymackey, co. Tipperary, Major-
gen, the Hon. Arthur Annesley (third son
of the Earl of Annesley), to Elizabeth
only daughter of John Mahon, ayq.
At Belftist, Major Crosbie, of Ballysr
hei^ Castle, Kerry (eldest son of Col,
Crosbie, M. P.) to Miss Michel, daughter
of Lieut. -gen. Michel of Dawlisb, Devon.
Feb. 1. Wm. Hale, jun. esq. of Kmg*s
Walden, Herts, to Elizabeth only daugh-
ter of Hon. Wm. Leesoo.
2. Samuel Proudscot Hurd, esq. (son of
Capt. Hurd, R. N.^ to Miss Frederica
Wynyard, dau. of Lieut.^gen. Wynyard.
6. R. C. Sconce, esq. to Sarah, only dan,
of Rev. Dr. Knox, rector of Runwell an(i
Ramsden Cray's, Essex.
At Dath, R. W. Lowry, e»<^ of Ponies
roy-house, co. Tyrone, to Anna, eldest
daughter of the late Admiral Graves.
7. At Dublin, Nicb. Sadleir, e^q. of Tip-
perary, to Miss Mary Butler^ of Dunboyne
Castle, Meatb*
TRIBUTK
t 1^« ]
TRIBUTE TO THi MEMORY op JAMES WEBBB TOBIN, Esa.
(From the St. Christopher Gazette, Nov, 4,. 18U.)
ed to subvert the principles of Law, Jus-
tice, or Humanity. By his death, Cbartty
has lost one of its greatest advocates »
Humanity one of its firmest snppbrten ;
Domestic Society, one of its happiest aud
sweetest examples ; and this Community
one of its brightest ornaments^ ' A man,
whose ability and worth were likely to
produce lasting advantages to the Island ;
a man, in fact, who will be greatly
missed and deplored, as he would will-
ingly have befriended the friendless, and
was zealous to prevent injustice from
hurting the weak.— A man, who as .the
wicked stood in awe of him, deterred
them from many evil deeds by the fear
In private life this is seldom the casej of his representations, and who, conse*
but is more worthy the attention when it qiiently, mainly contributed to keeping
occurs. Permit me,' therefore, to make a up good order in society. If he had any
few remarks upon the premature death of small failings, (and where is the man with-
«* 1814, Oct. 30. Died at his father's
estate in lifeyis. of a fever, James Webbe
Tobin esq.-— Richly endowed with virtues
and talent 9, be made them ever subser-
vient to the grand object of his life, always
exerting himself for the benefit and hap-
piness of his fellow-beings ; and at his
premature death truly have the Just and
Good, cause to mourn. '
**Mr. Printer,— Many pens are ready, to
pay a tribute of respect to the memory of
the Good; to furnish lays expressive of
regret, and to verify the Poet's observa-
tion ; —
* Dignum laude virum, Musa vetat mori.'
Mr. Tobin, which happened on the 3bth
of last month. Events of suoh a nature
excite little sensibility, unless they affect
us more nearly than as sharers in one
common lot ; and this will be exemplified
in the superior character I am about to
pourtray. —
** As a moralist, who lived up to the
precepts he advanced, be had few equals,
but'none wtjo srurpatssed him.— As a dili-
l^ent collector of facts, though under try-
ing disadvantages, and a useful member
of society^ in repelling and exposing cor-
ruption, ignorance, ana injustice (alas
too prevalent in some places!) he was
mneq^ualled. .He H^d an excellence pecu-
liar to himseVf, in the elucidation of his
subject; and he certaltily possessed a
]!K)wer of'discritninatidn,'aiid a pregnancy
of animadversibti, ib| a' superior degree.
^e never suppressed his sentiments out of
compliment, or dread of any one; nor ever
suffered 'the imbfecilily of men in' power
to escape the Tash of bis censure. His
eni^mies may envy' his repnlation, and
what they fenvy they may be "busy to de-
atroj^^ they maybe u n will ingVo suppose
Out them ?) for the sake of his virtues, let
the veil of charity shade them ;
O may the turf lia light upon his breast!
Nor farther seek bis errors to disclose,
Kor draw his frailties, from their dread
abode, . [pose.
There they, alike, in trembling hope re-
The bosom.of his Father— and hfs God.
'* For a son like him to be cut off in the
prime of life, is a severe stroke upoii hia
aged and affectionate parents ; but more
so to an amiable and disconsolate widow,
whom he has left with four infant <;hildren
to deplore the irrevocable departure of
so worthy a relative. May Christiao
principles and religious resignation then
be their comfort in. their present distress !
and reflection, doubtless, will shew them,
that it is not the lot of any human^being
to be exempt from tasting the cup 'of af«
iction.
'* Nevis, Nov, I, 1814. B.»^
Mr. J.( W. Tobin was brother to the
late Author of ** The Jloney Moon," and
other dramatic pieces. In the parish
church of' Cove ^n Iceland, is a plaip'
themselves wofrse than others, aiid th^- marble tablet with the following inicrip-
fbre wi1ling*^nd ready to pull down* from Uoii :
their elevations those with whom 'ibey
cannot tl^e to an eqdafity.' 'Uis deltas-
tatioh of the meanh^sd of venal praise,
was one of his'ttiany excislfencies. He
observed with lAdignatfon bii What cha-
racters the prostitution Of praise had been
indiscriminately lavished, *" aqd through
what channels' it had flowed; nor was the
infatuating intoxication of flattery si^frer^d
to pass unnoticed, rior h5w low the ge-
niuses of mahy descende'd by successive
gradationS'of scurrility. Men in general
inay not have been pleased with his sen-
timents, as he would Abt counienance,
Amch less flatter Vanity 6r vice; but, on
the contrary, took a decided pa^ 'espe-
eially whett any thing occurred that tend- evince."
*\ Sacred to the memory
of
John Tobin, Egq. of Liocoln'i Inn^
whose remains are dejposited iuid«r
. the adjacent turf.
He died at sea,
near the entrance' of this. Harbonr,
in the inonth of December
' 1804,
on his passage to a milder climate,
in search of beiiU {leallb,
aged 35.»,
", That, with an excellent heart, and a
most amiable disposition, be possessed '•
vigorous imagination and a cultivated
undersunding» hit Pramttic writings fully
Z.
MEMOIR
pea, eviuced the elegance of bii toite, Kev. JamelQrant; minUterof Liggan/tio.
hii4:noi*led;e'af chRrscler, «(ul hia opa- Invernras.
biliiy of ■ bigher atuiamentin compoii- Sept. ... At l^atarU, Wm. Dull, esq. of
wral of thete Kisajs. we belieTs, were Dec. 36. At Nice, aged 36, Wm. En-
aftecnaid* callecCed into > imall raluOH, glish Bamei, eiq. of Eisex-courc, Temple,'
eatitleil " Eilinburgh Fugitive Piecei," bairirter-ttt-law. ...
Mr. Creecb wag one of tbe original foun- At Jamaica, Elizabeth CharloUe, wife
deri of tbe SpeculatlTe Saciety of Kdia. of Mt. Wm. Perry, formerly of Bns\t,\.
burgb.' It baa perhaps raltin la the lot At Meis^oa, ia bis 3Sd year, Lieat'.
of few roen to baTC enjoyed, mare than Wm. Henry Du Vtroet, Rcysl Kiigiiieen,
Ur. Creecb did, the correipondence and second sun of ihe late'Lieut.-col. Cu Ver-'
Coofidence of molt of tiTe great literary net, R. A. . .
character! i>ho flooriibedia Scotland from Die. 39. At Tottenham, Is bis SSlli
about the middle to .the end of the last year, Mr. Wm. Aston, formerly of Breads'
cenlary. . With Lord Kaimes, Dr. Ro- ilreet, Cheapride, ...
bertaon. Dr. Blair, Dr. Adam Smith. Lord Drc. 31. At Berlin, Her Excellency Sg-
Bailei, Lord Woodhouiatee, Dr. Bealtie, pbia Wilhelmioa Charlotte Maria, Codq.
and many other illuitriotn authors, ha tesi Von Voss, daughter of Major-gen.
-^ L.L-.- -p jg^( intimacy — and Pannexilz. and relict of John EmertVoa'
It man of the aama Voss, who held several high offices in Ibe
1 80 Obituary ; with Anecdotes of remarkable Persons. [Feb .
in her 86th year. The CooDtess was at
the head of the establishmeot of the late
Qufen Louisa, Chief Oovernesi of their
Majesty's daughters the Princesses, Dame
des Portraits to the King and Queen, a
meaiber of the Prussian Order of L >uisa,
and of the Russian Order of Sc, Cathenne
of the second class.
Dec- ... In tba British Queen packet, on
her passage from Ofitend to Margate, in
his 19th year, Lavington Drewry Douglass,
and aged 9, Charles Douglass, sons of Wm.
Douglass, esq. formerly of Teddington^
Middlesex.
1815. Jan. 4. At Cartlett-cottage, near
Haverfordwest, after retiring to bed in per-
fect health, Major-gen. John Picton, Lieut.-
ool. of the 12th foot. This gallant officer
was brother of Lieut.-gen. Sir T. Picton,
K. B. and nephew of the late Gen. Picton.
Jan. 5. At Famdon, Essex, (the seat
of W. Smith, esq. M. P.) aged 21, Jeho-
saphat Postle, esq. stndent of St. John's
College, Cambridge, eldest son of Jehosa-
phat Postle, esq. of Colney, near Norwich.
At SidoAouth, after 18 months ilhiess,
aged 83, Jonathan, eldest son of Mr.
Beirlett, of RoHs-buildings, solicitor. Also
on the 15th of Sept. 1814, aged 21, Ben-
jamin, bis second son, midshipman on
board H, M. ship Hermes, in which he was
killed in an unsuccessful attack upon Fort
Bowyer, on Point MobTle, America.
At Berlin, in his 77111 year, General
L'Estocq. He was bom at Hanover in
1738 ; etktered the Prussian army in 1768,
and, during a service of 56 year<i, display*
ed under three monarchs, and in five wars,
the courage and talents of a hero, com-
bined w^th the sentiments of a philan-
thropist. In the obstinate bailie of Ey lau
he woif never-fading laurels.
Jan, 6. Aged 15, Maria, second daugh-
ter of Mr.Brown, surgeonyBtackfriars-road.
At his brother's, Charlotte • street,
Bloomsbury, 9ged 30, Mr. J. Warner
"Waskett, late of Hockham, Norfolk.
At Brtnt^rd, ' suddenly, Joseph Pitt,
esq. ; in llAitoved and respected, in death
regretted 1^ lamented.
On Champion-hill, Camberwell, in Ij^f^.
59th year, Wittiaib Gonne, esq.
At Woolwich, Emily, eldest daughter
of Capt. Bright, R. M.
At Clifton, Miss Lambert, last surviv-
ing, daughter of Gustavus Lambert, esq.
of Bow Park, Meath, Ireland.
At StaVerton vicarage, in his 71st year,
Kev. W. Chase, B.D. lale Of Christ*«
church, prebendary of Wells, vicar of
Siaverton, and in the commission of the
peace for Northampton.
Jan. 7. Aged 19, Elizabeth, only
daughter of Mr. T. Glover, of the Bank
of &igland.
In Wandsworth-road, aged 31, Charles
Wm. Tonyn, esq. late captain of the 48th
ragt. youngest ton of Gen. Touyn.
At Chelsea, John Peter Koberdeau, esq.
a geutleman whose pen has been soccesa*
fuiiy devoted, both avowedly and ano-
nymously, to varijtis branches of the
Belles Lettres ; and of whom we shall giro
some memoirs in our next.
Aged 83, Rev. John Cluttont vicar of
PortsUde, Sussex, rector of Hangletcm,
and late of Magdalen college, Cambridge.
Jan- 8. lu Little Stanhope-street, Alex*
ander James Findlaier, esq. of the IsUmd
of Jamaica.
Cornelius Low Wallace, esq. of Eltham.
James Bennett, esq. of Cadbury-houte^
CO. S«>merset.
T.France, esq. of Bostock-hall, Cheshire.
At the Glebe-house, Tandragee, after
confinement, aged 3S, Mrs. Carter, wife
of the very Rev. the Dean of Tuam.
Jan. 9. In Lincoln'«-inn-fields, after a
long illness, Joseph White, esq.
The wife of James Webb, esq. of Wo-
kingham, Berks, whose loss will be severely
felt, not only by her family, but by a
numerous poor Who were in the constant
habit of experiencing from her every at-
tention to their comfort, apd every alle-
viation to their distresses, by her season-
able benevolence and humanity.
In his 76th year. Rev. James Morice,
A. M. late of Christ church, rector of Bets-
hanger, Kent, and 38 years vicar of
Flower, co. Northampton.
At Cambridge, very suddenly, aged 77^.
Edward Gillam, esq. bankor.
At Falmouth, Patty, wife of Capt. Bul-
lock, daughter of the late H. Bawden, esq,
formerly collector of that port
At Aberdeen, the wife of Alexander
More, esq. collector of the customs there,
daughter of the late Alexander Inoes, esq*
of Cowie, CO. Kincardine.
Jan. 10. In Duke-ttreet, Si James* i,
Jane R. Bowen, fourth daughter of Dr.'
John Bowen.
Mr. Richard Cookes, of Ruth - hill,
Wanci^orth-road, and of Water -laoe,.
Tow^.fctreet.
ilged 83, Thomas NormaBiell, etq. of
Gloucester-street, Portmaa-aqoairo.
Mr. C. J. Watson, eldeat son of T.
Watson, esq. of RaU:liff.
At Ardley, in his 58th. year, Rev. Tho*
mas Hind, rector of Ardlef and Wettwell^ '
Oxon, and vicar of Col#6r(b, Northanlpt.
At York,' KifV. ffT'Dannett, A. M. late
of Breienose .coltegp, Oxford, rector' of
Sr. Jehn's, Liverpool, and curate of Wrax-
all and Atworth, Wilts.
At Malton, co. York, Mrt. Lambert,
relict of David Lambert, e^q.
At Herringswell, Suffolk, Robert Mure,
esq. formerly of Fenebnrch-street.
• At Glanrhwdw-place, co'. Carmarthen,
in his 87th year, I>ivid Sannders, esq. son
of D. Saunders, esq. of Pentre, co. Pem-
broke, by Sasannah, daiighter of Wm.
Morgan^
18 1:5.] OHtvuxnf ; with Anecdotes of remarkable Penens. 181
Morgan, etq. of Llanlyn-houie, in the
tame county, sister to the father of the
late M. Morgan, esq. author of the inge*
aious ** Essay on the Character. of Fal-
staff." and under-secretary of state to
the first Marquis of Lansdown, when
Earl of Sbetburne. Mr. Saunders was
High Sheriff for Carmarthen in 1707,
and in the commission of the Peace for *
the counties of Carmarthen and Cardigan,
and deputy- lieutenant forCarmarthenshire.
At Rome, in bis 89th year, Rev. Fran-
cb Deacle, B. D. fellow of Magdalen col-
lege, Oicford.
Jan.W, In Chatham-place, inconse-
quence of an apoplectic attack on the 9th
lost, aged 67, Richard Witts, esq.
At Homsey, aged 82, Mrs. Danvers,
widow of the late John Dangers, esq.
At Plymouth Dock, suddenly, Mr.
Brown, assistant surgeon there.
In Rdinburgh, Francis Humberstone
Mackenzie, Lord Seaforth, Baron Macken-
ne, of Kintail, co. Rosf, (so created 1797)
F. R. S. F. L. S. a I ieut. -general in .the
mrmy, and lord lieatenant of Ross-shire*
He was horn June 9, 1754, and married
Masy, daughter of Rev. Baptist Proby,
Bean of Litchfield, uncle to John Joshua
Lord Carysfort, by whom he has issue:
Will iaou Frederic, his successor; George
Lerison-Boncherett ; Francis-John ; Ma-
ry; Frederica-Elizabeth, married in 1804,
to Sir (Samuel Hood, K. B. ; Frances-Ca-
therine; Caroline; Charlotte- Elizabeth ;
Augusta-Antie ; and Helen. His lordship
was for several years governor of Barba-
does, irom whence he had not long returned.
At Paris, celebrated for the charms of
her wit, and the qualities of her heart,
aged 25, the Princess of Leon, daugiiter-
in-law of the Duke of Rohan, leaving her
family and her husband in a state of de-
spair. Three days previous, she was en-
gaged to dine with the Duke of Orleans ;
and when dressed, a lighted tafMr at the
fire-place atiractfd her crape dress, and
set it in flames. The Princess, by her
agitated efforts to extinguish the blaze,
only assisted it to spread more rapidly.
The house roused by her cries, ran to her
assistance, and found her in a horrit»le
state. All the exertions of medical skill
were vain.— The Princess was universally
held to be one of the most accomplished
and amiable personages of the age. She
was the ornament of the Salons, in the
flower of youth, of natural genius, and of
a highly cultivated mind. A few days be-
fore her death, she remarked to a friend,
'* that, after a retrospection on her past
life, the word ma/A«7/r was unknown to her;
and that, eminently happy in her domes-
tic and social affections, every day fur-
nished her with new reasons to be more
fondly attached to existence." Her sail-
iitSff^t which she was justly distinguished^
never cost her a firiendj and her morality
was never impeached.
At Lisbon, John Young, esq- proprietor
and publi^erof <*The Inveruees JoumaL'*
Jan* IS. Of consumption, Louisa Fraa*
ce», wife of Mr U. M. Rodford, aurgeoB,
&C. NewingtoD place, Kenningion.
George Coare, esq. of Bruoe-grov«^
Tottenham.
At Alphington- lodge, near Exeter, the
wife of Hugh LumMlen, esq. advocati^
Edinhurgh, daughter of Alexander Breb*
ner, esq. Aberdeen.
Jan. 13. At the Oval, Kensington, in
her 70th y«ar, Mrs. Elizabeth Palliag>9
widow of the late Mr. John Palimg, SU
Martin*«-lane, Cannon-street.
•/inn. 14. In her 22d year, Rachel,- wilii
of Mr. Thomas Gill, of Spita I- square.
Aged 3*^, Mr- Charles Moore, linen*
draper, and one of the chamberlains of
Oxford.
Mr. Thomas Holmes, of Coventry, who
had been travelling-agent to the house of
Morris, Ratcliff, and Smith, and Morris
and Co. upwards of 30 years ; which situ*
ation he supported with the utmost faith*
fulness and industry, and to the full satit*
faction of his employers.
At Bath, Joseph Beete, esq. late of Um
Colony of Demarary.
At Paris, aged 60, Mademoiselle Ran-
cour, a celebrated actress of the Tbiatro
Francois, and a woman of respectabl#
character. Her corpsie, attended by a
strmg of carriages, and a large concourse
of people of all ranks and descriptions,
was brought for interment, on the morning
of the 17th, to the church St. Roque. By
the rigorous ordinances of the Romish
worship, Actors and Actresses are in a
state of excommunication ; which, if en-
forced, would deprive them ef the beoe-
iits of Christian burial. Many years have
passed away since any such barbarous
exclusion was practised here ; and, cer-
tainly, the attendants on the remains of
this deceased Performer were little pre*
pared for the disappointment which await-
ed them, when they fi<und the gates of
the church locked against them, and ad-
missicm peremptorily refused. Their dis-
may was succeeded by the universal in-
dignation uf ihe spectators. An immense
crowd began to assemble; cries of fury
and vengeance were heard in all the ad*
joining quarters of Paris; the Rue St.
Honor^, and all the avenues within a
quarter of a mile of the scene, were
blocked up by the populace. The church*
doors were bmke open, but no priest ap*
peared, and the most frightful disturb*
a nee was apprehended ; nor was it sup-
posed that the effects of the popular
agitation w tuld end with the cause which
had produced it In the mean time a
message was sent 19 the Kingi supplu-au
ing
\
182 Ointuxiry r mth Anecdotes^ of rmidffkable P^ [FA.
ing bis Majesty's interpositioo, for-the
sake of humanity and for the publiepeace
of the capital. The £rst answer returned
from the castle was, that the >afhiir be-
longed to the jurisdiction of the: Church,
and that the King could not intermeddle
with the Spiritual Authorities. A second
deputation proceeded to the Thuilleries,
as the tumult increased, and the danger
of sotBe movement approaching to insur-
rection became every moment more V\.
•ibie. At the same time a dedaration
was communicated to the Court, on the
part of all the actors, actresses, and at-
teidants on every theatre in PariSi that
If the remains of Mademoiselle Rauoour
were not instantly admitted- to the prlvi-
, leges of Christian sepuIUire, they would
in a body- read - their recantation, and
adopt either the Lutheran, or the Cal-
Yinistic faith. The second message
succeeded better than the first, and
brought back an order from the King to
the priesthood), to receive the corpse and \
re^d. the funeral service. This was ac-
cepled^ by the muititmle ai« a pledge of
peace :- long, iioud, and reiterated shouts
brokefrom possibly 30.000 people^ *\Vio€
le Rot — a bas Us Galoiit*^^ bos les Cklo^
Unfr-^udialth hs Cahtmt J** The; cere-
mony was then performedy - but with
« maimed rites.". The' gens d'armerie &
chcval,. a detachmemt of gardes du corps,
and afterwarda of regular cavalry, were
brought forward to quell the tumult. The
military of all classes acted with exem>«t
plary forbearance, and* not a single life
wa$.lost, nor a blowLwith the sabre given.
Th$ same Priest who raised the disturb-
ance of this morning, had once attempted
something of the sameMkind early in the
reign <of Buonaparte; but pretensions of
that -nature were not to the taste of him
who never tolerated a double tyranny-*-
tho.x)ffeuding Cure was in couKcquenoe
put out of office.— An article in the Jour-
nal des Debats of Feb. 16, which appears
to come from the penof M.Chateaubriand,
apologizes for* the conduct of the Paro«
ehial Priest on the occasion, hy adverting
to tjie. opinions of the Primitive Christians,
respecting the profession of Players ; and
by observing, , that, from conscientious
molives, he might refuse to oelebrate the
funeral of one who, .he had- reason to
suppose, did not die in tke communion -of
the. C!hu<x:h.
Jan: 1 5. At her mother's, Cambarwell,
the'fUughter of the late John Buxton, esq.
At Ziiley-Hii|« the seat of Henry Vin-
cent, «sq* General the Hon. Wm. Hervey,
uncle to the Earl of Coventry, and nearly
related to the Countess of Liverpool and
the J^rl of Bristol. He was. a peculiar
favourite of his Majesty. His life and
fortune were .devoted to the discovery and
ftUof of dMerf ing olje0ii«
At. Lambeib, aged 83, Mrs. Francdh
Blytb.
At PariSj the Duke de Fleury, Peer of
France, and First Gentleman to Louis
XVin. About a fortnight before, he
broke his feg, but appeared to have re-
covered from that accident, borne friends
who had passed the evening with him left
him al 10 o'clock, and he died at H.
At Vienna^ Wm. MontUgo, csq.'iecoiid
son of Mathaw Montagu, esq^of Port*
man-square.
At Copenhagen, aged 74, the leamdd
astronomer Bugge, having served the Slate
58 years, under three KirigsJ .
Jan, 10. In Gower^street, Bedford^
square, in his 9l8t year, Samud Gist,
esq. who is said to 'have amassed more
than half a million- of money. He waa
formerly captain of a Carolina mer-
chant-ship, and afterwards entered Lloyds
Coifee-hOusei and -was one of its most
fortunate adventurers, and from which Ue
retired about ^0 jrears ago. For some^
time preceding bis death, be 'sought With
great anxiety for any fanrily of his owb
singular name, in the hope of fiatng upoli
a male inheritor the bulk of his vast pro*'
perty; but without success. - He was ediH
cated in the Free School at Bristol ; Mr«'
Sellick, of Bristol, a nephew by the mot^"
tber's side, ia likely eventually to poisesir
the bulk of his fortune, which is isosit un^
expected, he having - only ocoasiosAllw
hadany communication with the deoeasodi''
His two daughters are, however, hand-
somely provided for.— Mr. Gist baa be-
queathed a veryliandsome legacy to tho
school in which he was educated*
At Wincantoa, aged 75, Wm. Bracfaeff'
a respectable member of the ^Society ^
Friends.
In North Wales, R. B. Hesketh, esq. of
Bamford-hall, Lancashire.
•/an. 17. Mr. Thomas Froggatt^ Of the*
Bank of England.
At Wm. Wilberforce's, esq. Kensiagtoa'^
Gore, aged 53, Henry Thornton, esq*-
(of the firm of Down^ Thornton,- and
Free, bankers), M. P. fbr Southwark, for -
which borough he was -first returned In
1783. He was the founder -of the Sierra
Leone Company, of which he was chair*
man in 1789. He seconded Mr. Fox'a-
motion for the repeal of the $bop>tax* : lu
1797, he voted with Mr. (now Lord) Qrey*
in favour of Parliamentary Reform | in
the same Session he moved the previous'
question, on a motion of his Lordship for
censuring Ministers for the advances made •
by the Bank. He sustained two violent
electioneering-contests for Southwark, in
1806, and 1807} and sat in sevan Parlia- -
iments, besides the present, for Southwark* '
a P^noj^ of 32 years. A more uprigbl^
indepeftent, and truly virtuous maot hat *
iie?«r admrned the jSenate; while in privjato
life
til) the close oF hii llTe \e andimiuiihed
ardour. Tbe late Charles QrsTille, -wall
kooDii for hi] reSned taitain. oirlu, asd
who waa ■ promiaenl cliaruiter id Iha
world of gallaotir, va' tbe^Prolecler, to
UHt ^he meli-bied langua^ of, Xbe. pulite
circles, of Ladjp , HaniiluiQ, ■ for aome
jeirs; sail when his upple, the late Sir
Wiltiam Hamiliua, wanta'l Co- take abroad
with hio> a thtrc tmie. berecommeDdad
Ihe Ladj. wJlb la good a lieiacltr,. (hatSir
William look her wilh him; . and, having
a reliiDce on hec fideUtj. mariied her.
SirWilliamretuiaadta thia comity;, : for
the purpote of getiinR her iatraduced at
Court, ^n (wdor to- proeiue.a similaf .ho-
noiiti.ror.^fr at the, Cqurt.,uf >MapU'»i hot
foi^ad. it i^oisible for him to enKbJt; her
fends the purity of Britiah Majtitjr. Jir
WdliBiii, therefore, [fturoadta Naiilsi;
and. the ,Lai]r> hy.Ji«r own talents aiid
aiaiduity. reootomehiodiisraelf lo^wellto
the King aodQueenof thatkuigdiMD.. ^hat
tbeb^MOte a great favouiite.withitwth,
aqd.pwt^calarlf with the latter. Sbe
folk-street, Strand.
- Captaiu Weair, of the^Easb India Com-
prnr'a aerfice.
Aged 80, David Cuming, eaq. of High-
bury-placa.
At Walnorth, in her 79th yoar, Mra,
Eiizabeth,Fa8ler.
At Mootroie, Bged'a4,-Mc. A. Mearaa,
ihip-maater. 'He was one of the crew
of the Solabay- frigate, whi«h Engaged
with M. Thurot, off the Bedhead, in Haj
ns9.
At Paris, Ihe Harquis de Bonfflen,
known more generally by the title of Che-
valier de Bonfflers.— He.waa a membaf
of the French Academy, and one of the
Asaiatani Administrators of Ihe Mazarine
Library, fie had Wn robbed of all hia
proparCy, daring tbe Keiolotion ; and aap-
port<;d bimseir ubIj by hia wrjtinga. Ha
■aa tbe author of " Attae," and aeTenI
other light piooes, diitiaguidied fbr their
humour and gaiety.
Jan.'19. Mr. ShuU, of Newgale-itreet,
tea-daaler.
Mr. Dataatu, of Uw-SUBp-offl(».
1 84 Obituary ; xtith Anecdotes of remarkable Persons. [F^b.
In bit 3Sd year, Mr. James Robins, of
Great Russell-Htre^i, fiioomsbury, whose
fortitude and resignation under sufferings
for 28 weeks (ucnasionc^d by the rupture
■ of a vessel on his lungs, which terminated
in a decline) were truly exemplary.
After a long-protracted state of suffering,
aged 19, Eliza, ihe adoptive daiigbier of
Madame Dupoiit, of Russell- square. In
her w«re united great disinterestedness
mnd elevation of mind, acuie sensibility,
and real humility. Taken fr«>m obscurity,
she became an unconscious example of
gratitude, benevolence, and piety. By
the pleasure she felt in the performance of
every duty, her actions seemed to fl •« from
principle and piety. From infancy she
Jived as she might die ; having a strong
tense of the presence of her Creator, to
whom in prayer few young persons could
be more fervent. Her removal from this
life is the more lamented, as with her, the
influence of a truly virtuous, amiable cha-
racter, '\* tost; yet from the purity and
piety of her mind, most conspicuous du-
ring her illness, much consolation is derived.
Mr. George Truwhitt, solicitor; who
transacted the business of the parish of St.
Mary-le-Strand nearly 40 years, 22 of
which he was Vestry Clerk.
At Henley, Oxon, in bis 85th year, Sa-
muel P. Rolls, e^q.
John Chamberlain, esq. of Red-hill, in
the commifnsion of ^be peace for Noitiog-
ham, and Sheriff in 1784.
At £xeter, Harriet, daughter of the
Rev. Dr. Hind, late vicar of Rochdale,
Lancashire.
Aged 57, Mr. John Goldthorp, ofBifig-
bouse, near Halifax, card>maker, a man
possessed of strong natural talents, and of
the most inflexible integrity; whose at-
taiuments were various, and may be
thought extraordinary when the disadvan*
tages of his education are taken into Con-
sideration. He was skilled in almost all
the branches T>f natural, philosophy, and
bad some knowledge of chemistry, which
he chiefly acquired by the great encou-
ragement be gave to lectures in those
leienoes; and to a circulating library at
Brigbouse, which he greatly contributed to
establish. He was also a great proficient
in music, which he probably valued more
than any other of his acquirements.
At Durham, ^ged 52, Mr. R. Wethe-
raid, printer, youngest son of the l&ieMr.
R. Wetherald, who was the first that estab-
lished the printing- business in Sunderland.
At Clifton, Bridgend, co. Glamorgao,
John Blackwell, esq. late of Bristol.
Jan. 20. In Montague-place, Monta«
gue square, aged 66, Mary, wife of Ri-
chard James Lawrence, esq. of Fairfield,
Jamaica. She was born in Jamaica, the
daughter of JThomas Hall, esq. of Kirk-
Patrick, and Woronter, (descended froin
the antient family pf the Haifa of Woreat-
tershire) by Mary, daughter of 0avid
Dehaney, esq. of Barbican, and the Pomly
(descended from a noble family in the Na-
therlands). Distinguished (or her beauty*
she was pourtrayed by West in two of Ids
most admired pictures : first, as Una ;
and secondly, a' Fidelia, in his Fidelta and
Spei anza ; but the memory of her virtues
will survive the works of the artist. Her
husband and five sous regret her. She is
interred in the chapel of St. John Wood,
Mary-le-bone.
In Upper- Berkeley-street, Mrs. Hoi-
lingberv, relict of the late.Dr. Holliiigber'y.
In Woburn- place, Anne, wife of T«
Hasker, esq of the Post-ofBte.
Huet Johnson, esq. of Welt-walfc, Hamp*
stead.
At Tottenham-green, aged 17, Mary,
daughter of William Phillips, esq.
At Dickleburgh, Norfolk, Mrs. Sttsan
Ayton. daughter of the late John AytoD,
esq. of Harleston, Norfolk.
At Bath, Mary, wife of Frederick Lin-
deman, esq. his Britannic Majesty's Con»
sul at Bahia.
Jan. 21. In Mark lane, after more
than five years unexampled suffering, aged
42, Mary, wife of T. Barrett, esq.
At Kaling, Middleseib, in his 6i5th year*
Charles Armstrong, esq. of Upper Char-
lotte-street, Fitzroy-square.
At Caversham, Oxon, in his ibsd year,
Mr. H.Cottrell, lateofBurghfield, Berks.
At Stoke, near Plymonih, Che wife of
Capt. Cumby, of H. M. S. Hyperion.
Jan, 22. The wife of Mr. J. iHirser, of
Finch-lane, Comhill.
At her son's. Hackney, in her 94th yi!ar,
Mrs. Urquhart.
At Newington, in her 77th year, Mrs.
Anne Biddte.
In his 61st year, Wm. Leigh, esq. of
Roby.hall, near Liverpool.
At Mr. Twamley's, Warwick, aged 61,
Mrs. Kettle, relict of John Kettle, esq. of
OverSeile, co. Leicester; daagbter of ihe
late Mr. Twamley, of Warwick.
After a short illness, aged 19, Strab
Lloyd, second daughter of Richard Suoi-
mers Harford, of Ebbw Vale, 00. Moa-
mouth, iron-master.
Jan, 23. In his 70ih year, James Henry
Casamajor, esq. of Manchester-square,
lately a member of the Goverameat of
Madras. He had served the East India Com-
pany above 40 ]rear», with a seal, fidelity,
and integrity, exceeded by none % his vhr-
toes ia private life jttstly endeared him to
all, and render bis loss irreparable.
In Wimpcde-street, aged 71, John Craw-
ley, esq. of Stockwood, near Luton, Beds.
In AfgylUstreet, after a most lingoing
and painful illness, borne iritb that pa*
tun' resignation and unaffectad pi6ty ac*
quired only by a well-ipent liib^ hi bar ,
49tb
tiletils an^ inlegriiy, at ilie head of the
lilt of Member) of Ihe Stuck Exchange
■ho bjTe conUaeted •ilh Government for
tbe late Loans ^ and in \h\t l>i.!;h tnisl re>
aetied Ihe cardial Ihaoka uf thdl bodj^
for hit faonoiitabl? coptjucl.
AgedIG, Anne, e^devl daU)[Ltert>f R«t.
W. Mur'K, D. D. recioi' of Si. Peter's,
Wallingford, Beilu; sod vicar of Bishorr'j
Laviogton, Wills,
At Bath, aged 62, Sir Charles Wa/re
Malet, bart. of Wilbur; -boute, Wilti. He
«a*ial1B5s|ipainledplenipaleDliarylotbe
court of the Feahwa, or head of the Mah-
the Great Mogul, and been created one of
the nobles of bii empire. He nas alut for
and left India in 1798. H* was created a
B«ron« Peb. 12, 1191.
Jan. f5. la Thayer-street. at an ad-
ranced age, Mrs. Elizabeih Tufnell. siiier
oflbeUte Colonel Tufnell, Royal Iteei-
mentof Korw-goardi, Bhiei.
la hii SSth vear, G. Ailun, esq. of
Buuier-ti|Dan:, formerly of the [stand of
Suta-Cruz.
OlMT. Mju. Fciruary, ISIS.
12
Sir Ceiiffrey de Skefllnglan, wa«, iu 12^1,
possessed of lands at Skeffington, Iq Lei-
cestershire.—Sir William was born June
n, 1142, ami aerted in tbe Fint Regi'.
meat^f Foot-Guards for35yea^; hewas
appointed otieof (he ifaqmrcsto his Royal
Highntsi Prince Frederick, Puke of York,
at tbe luftallation of Itae Knigbts of lbs
Most Honourable Order of Ibe Balh id
m2 i lie was Deputy Lieutenant for the
county of Lo'csaier, and aas elected P.S. A.
in 1193. Al Iha imjiorUni crisis of 1794
Sir Wiiliam was Colonel of the Uicester-
Bhire YeoDnanrjr Cavalry, whicb wat th<
first legiiT^ent ofYeomanry that was coiD-
pleted and made iti reiurns to GoTerD'
meat. Sir William Skeffiaglon was dis.
linguished, in
life, the duties
by ardour, am
l8i Obituary; with Anecdotes of rtmarkahU Persons. [Feli.'
In tbe Sti-and, Capt. R. Oakley, R.K
At Wandsworth, Surrey, in his 90th
year, Th'»mas Barwis, fsq.
In his 1 2th year, J^mes, fourth son of
Stcpht?n C-ittley, esq. of CambcrWell.
At Deptford, in her 80ih year, Mrs.
Elizabeth Meriton, widow of Capt. L. Me-
riton, many years commander of a ship
in the Barbadoes trade.
At her daughter's, London, aged 63,
Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, of Stockton-upon-
Tees, Durham.
At Rev.William Clcrke's, rector of Nor-
ton, Suffolk, aged 83, Mrs. Jervis^, relict
of the late Rer. William Jervis, many
years the venerable minister of a respect-
able congregation of Protestant Dissenters
at Ipswich. This worthy and excellent
person was one of the last surviving
nieces of .the Right Rev. Dr. Lavinglon,
formerly ' Bishop of Rxeter. She was a
Christian in the best sense of the word ;
whose life and conduct were strictly in
unison with the principles she professed.
With a mind upright, innocent, and pure,
and a temper well regulated, tranquil, and
serene, she was ever conscientious in the
exercise of those domestic virtues which
are essential both to. personal and social
comfort; aud in the practical observance
of the great duties of humility, piety, and
benevolence. In her declining years, she
supported 4he depressions of age, and the
gradual decays of nature, with exemplary
patience, meekness, and resignation to
the disposals of a wise and gracious Pro-
vidence; while her growing infirmities
were soothed and alleviated by the kindest
solicitude and the tenderest attentions of
filial duty and affection. She meitheaweful
approaches of dissolution with calmness
and composure of spirit, sustained by
humble hope and pions trust in the pro-
mises of the Gospel, and the inexhaustible
consolations of infinite mercy ; thus
bearing testimony to the truth and effi-
cacy of those exalted principles which
suggested that instructive and affecting
appeal — " See in what peace the Christian
can die!"
At Hook Norton, Oxon, Mr. James
H-trris, apothecary. Ice whose integrity
and manly conduct proonred him the ap-
probation and esteem of an extensive circle
of friends. He has left a wife and family.
Jan, 27. In Harpur-street, Red Lion-
square, aged S7, the wife of B. Smith, esq.
Frances- Mary, relict of the late Wm.
Tustin, esq. of Fludyer-street.
In Baker-street, Portman-iquare, R. B;
llarcourt, esq. late of Pendley, Herts.
At Greenwich, Mrs. Cannon, widow of
the late £. Cannon, esq. of Rye^ Sussex.
At Cranford, co. Northampton, Doro-
thea« tbf lady of Sir George Robinson,
bait.- She was the only daughter of John
Chesttr> esq. of London.
Jan, 28. In her (Ist year, Sarah, wife
of Thomas Baker, esq. of Barking, B^tex.
At Bath, in his 6th year, Thomas-Al-
fred, son of the Rev. Thomas Broadburst,
Belvedere House.
Jan. 29. At the Lodge, St. John's col-
lege, Cambridge, aged 84, Rev. Wm.
Craven, D. T). master of that society, for-
merly professor of Arabic, which profes-
sorship he resigned in 1793. In 1750 he
was elected one of the scholars on Lord
Craven*s foundation. He todk the degree
of B. A. in 1753, and was fourth wrangler,
as well as first Chancellor's medallist ;
M. A. 1736, and D. D. 1799, in which
year he was elected «o the Mastership, oo
the death of Dr. Chevalier. About 40
years ago he published a small volume of
Sermons ; and two years since a second
edition of <' Jewish and Christian Di^p^o-
sations compared.*' v .
Jan. 30. In Abingdon-street, aged ^7,
John Bligh, esq.
Jan. 31. In his 66th year, Wm. Rhodes,
M. A. formerly fellow of Worcester. col-
lege. In 1792 he was elected superior
Bedel in the faculties of Medicine and
Arts, in which office he conducted himself
with the strictest integrity and punctuality. >
He was also proctor in the University,
court, and coroner for the University.
Lately, In Charles- stitet, Grosvenor-
square, in his 43d year, Sir Charles WaU
kins Simpson, bart.
In Gloucester- place, Eliza Anne, se-
cond daughter of Col. Hughes, M. P.
In Charlotte-street, Portland-pl8ce,l^rs»
Katherine Lorimer, widow of Dr. John L.
At her brother's, B. Broughton, e8<][.
Old Burlington-street, Mrs. Eliza-Maria'
Wood, relict of Adam Wood, esq.
At his friend's, Mr. Benjamin Severn,
Queen-street, Cheapside, on bis return
from Mogadore, after a few days' illness,
George Leame, esq.
The wife of W. Willoughby, esq. of Mi-
tre-court. Temple, formerly of Salisbury.
Of a cancer io the nose, with which h«
bad been affllicted two years, Mr. G.
Wilmot, of St George^s-fields.
Lieut. G. Green, late commaodiitg tht
Steady gun-brig.
At Clapham-rise, aged S8, John Ma-
(bison, esq. of the "EaSX India Hoose, who,^
witi) Mr. Mason, has for many years pub-
lished « The East India Calendar.''
By opeuing of ^ wound received in
Holland, under the Duke of York, aged
62, Capt Wright, of Somers'-towo.
At Brentford, Joseph Mead, esq.
Fn returning from London to Tottenham
with his motber in a post-chaise, aged 21,
George Core, esq.
On his way to Bsth, lor the recovery
of his heahh, Gen. Bruce, late of the East
India Conoipany's service.
On her way to Bath, two days ftfter her
miptials.
JhJiDA PiOKGe, ricar of UJirlisb.
L^ans Walrt^J, eaq. of Moitralb, near
CaUumpton.
At HimtOD, aged %, J. Hulchinioo,
farmer; sboac aire dleii in March laii,
aged 93. This rtnerable pair Jived ta
■adioek aear 73 fcari.
AtSbornclifr,aged73,jBineiiNool]i,ciq.
At ibe parsonage, Berr;-Narber, Jam,
wife of KcT. W. |;>|ience.
RiiT. T. Wright, M. A. recior otOulde,
CO. Marthamptun, formerly fellow of
BraWQoau college, and leaior proclor of
Ibe UniTPriiiy in 170 j.
Dorut—M Houlisoood, Mrs. Rideol,
nlicc of R«v. P. Ridout, whom sbe sup-
T)*ad buta few veelis. (See our last vo-
lume, p. eio.)
At CbElnak, aged 9t, Mrs. Mary Obh-
lett, motber of Kev. Joha Meolett, murn-
iag preacher at the Foutrdling HoipitaL
Darhom — At Kyhupe, afttr retiiiiig lo
bed in nerfect bealtb, aged ii, Geo. Fai-
At Liverpool, aged SS, Charlotte, eldeit
dai^litei of Joseph Greavei, eatf.
Gi'o Eilw. Dale, esq. banker, Lirerpool.
Mr. Wm. Peel, of Peel-fold, near Black-
bum, couiio lo Sir Robert Peel. b«rt.
LekesUrshirt — At hia father's, Sea!-
A>bby-[le-la Zovch, Wattw
Palrii
leof Jan
., plan
Uacalnshirt — At Lincoln, aged 90j Mr.
Alderman Ifent, who served tbe ofSce of
Mayor in HEO and ITS^, viS chamber-
laiB in lTi7, and high shtrilT in 1760.
MMmoulhiiirt—Aiaiepstaw, Mrs. Eli-
zabeth Koowlen, Ibe lail branch of a ra- -
spetlable family there.
Elizabeth, daugbtecof John Davis, ii.D.
late vicar of MonmouLh.
NorJulk~tA Korwich, aged 83, John
Cufande, esq.
In the Upper Close, Norwich, Mri.
Peach, relict of the late Edvard Peacb,
esq. of SuDdridge, Keut, and fornerlr
widoiv of Rav. Edwaril Leatbea, of SeeX
bam, Norfolk.
Al Ayleiham, P. Copeman, esq. banker.
Kurlhumierlaad — AL Newcastle, Rear-
adm. W. CiuilMuD.
188 Obituary; with Anecdotes of remarkable Persons. [Feb*
AbWf— At Southwell, Mrs. Lindley, re-
lict of Lindley, esq. of Mansfield.
Salop — The wife of Rev. James Mat-
thews, of Shrewsburv.
John Povey^ esq. of Derwen-y-pandy,
Oswestry.
Rev. R, W. B. Hill, rector of Waters
Upton, eldest son of Rev. Robert Hill of
Hough. Cheshire.
Somtrset — At Bath, Rev. Henry Wil-
liams, rector of Charlbury, Dorset.
At Bath, Rt. Hon. Lady Clarina, relict
of thn late Gen. Loid Baron Clarina, of
the j^iogdom of Ireland, who was in the
battle of CuUodeu, and commanded the
grenadiers at the taking of Havannah,
Niagara, &c. Her Ladyship was one of
the daughters of the first Earl of Leitrim.
At Bath, Mrs. Evans, relict of Charles
Evans, esq. of Jamaica.
At Bath, aged 71, Brownlow Bate, esq.
spn of Rev. J. Bate, formerly rector of
Eiaston, ^ud dean of Stamford.
At Bridgewater, Wm. Anstice, esq. an
emment surgeon, aqd one of the alder-
inen of that borough.
At Shepton Mallet, aged ^4, Mr. Tho-:
mas Skone, an eminent brewer, and a
truly benevolent and upright man.
At Timsbury, Elizabeth, wife of Rev. B.
Smith, daughter of the late Bush,
esq. of Bradford, Wilts.
At Nether Stowey, Mrs. Stevens, relict
of the !atQ Abraham Stevens, esq.
Staffordshire — At Aldridge, aged 90,
Mrs. Wylde, relict ©f Rev. John Wylde,
of Bellbioughton, co. Worcester.
At Newcastle, Edw. Ford, esq. alder-
man, and acting partner of the banking-
bouse of Horwood, Sparrow, and Co.
The youngest daughter of Roger Vaugh-
ton, esq. of Ashfurlon-house.
At Oaken, near llV^olverhamptou, aged
76, Henry Wood, esq.
At Clayton, in her S2d year, Anne, re-
lict of T. Lovatt, esq.
Suffolk — At Bury, aged 36, W. Ba-
sham, Ciiq. captain of marines.
At Bury, the eldest daughter of Dr.
W.'Norford.
£. Stock, esq. of Church Hall, Broxted.
At Lavenham-parsonage, in her $8th
year, Mis. Adams, relict of Rev. 6. Adams,
formerly rector of Widdington, Essex.
Aged 75, Mrs. F. Aniiys, whose life was
exemplary, and whose death was calm
and lesigned.
Surrey — At his seat in Surrey, Major
John Meares, late of Tallabont, co. Pem-
broke.
Sussex — At Lewes, aged 100, David
Gaul, esq. who was 34 years paymaster of
the Sussex militia, and has been with the
regiment from the time of its being em-
bodied.
fVartolcksMre — At Rugby, in his llth
year, Edward Ambrose Hume, youngest
son of Abraham Hume, esq. of Bilton
Grange, co. Warwick.
Rebecca, wife of Wm. Andersdn, eiq.
of Mosetey Wake Green, near Birmingham.
Mary, relict of J. Yates, esq. of Bor*
desley,
fViiCs — In the Close, Salisbury, Rer.
Arthur Dodwell, M. A. formerly of Mag*
daleo college, Oxford, vicar of Bishop's
Cannings, prebendary of St. David's, and
nearly 40 years perpetual curate of St.
Thomas, Oxford.
Worcestershire — At Worcester, the' wife
of Thomas Brockhurst, esq. of Spring-
field, near Gloucester.
Yorkshire — At York, Rev. H. Dunnett,
rector of St. John's, Liverpool.
At Staveley, aged 70, the wife of Rev,
James Hartley, rector of that place.
W. Marshall, esq. of Newton Kime,
near Tadcaster.
At Cottingham, aged 68, Dr. Norris.
At Stockton, in his 81st year, Wm«*
Wansbrough Pinchard, esq.
At Selby, aged 84, Thos. Weddell, esq.
Feb. 1. In his 32d year, John Bowdler«
jnn. esq. barrister-at-iaw.
In her 32d year, Anne, only daughter of
J. Slegg, esq. John-street, Bedford-rdw.
In Chatham -place, Mrs. Richard Witts,
relict of R. Witts, esq.
Feb. 2. In Lamb's Conduit-street, aged
86, James Andersotf, esq.
Duncan Campbell, esq, Bedford- square.
Feb, 3. At Stoke Newiogton, Mrs. Lu- -
cadou, relict of J. D. Lucadou, esq.
At Rev. Dr. Stephens's, Devc^sbtre-
place, in her 85th year, Mrs. Jeffery, mo*
ther of Mrs. Stephens, and last 'snrviTm|;
sister of the Wilkins, formerly of Great
Lodge, near Tunbridge, Kent«
At Twickenham, aged 33, the wife of
Wm. Thompson, esq.
Lady Anne Talbot, relict of W. Ttdbot,
esq. of Roscommon, Ireland, daughter of
the late Earl of Glandore.
Feb, 4- In New-street, Spring-gardepSt
ii^ his 70ih year, J. Birch, esq. snirgeoa
extraordinary to the Prince Regent.
At his son-in-law's, Bishopsgate-streetf
aged 77, Mr. John Birch, of Hamme>-smith.
In Port I and- pi ace, after a few davs'
illness, in his 73d year. Sir John SheiBeTd,
bart. of Norma'nby-hall, CO. Lincoln;- He
married Charlotte Sophia, eldest daughter
of the late Hon. and Rev. Wm. Digby,
dean of Durham j but, having no issu^,
the title and estates devolve on his brother.
Rev. Robert* Shfffield. His remams were
removed on the 13th instant for in-
teripent in the family vauli of the Dakes
of Buckingham, at Barton Strather, co.
Lincoln. Few inen lived more respected.
Feb, 5. In bis 62d year, John Roberts,
esq. of Lamb's Condiiit-street.
Feb, 6. Jane, wife of Thonas Soley,
esq. of Vemon-place, Bkxmisbiiiy-iqoare.
feb.
Alcuck Bill, eiq. of Claphsm- road -place. -
Fei. 13. Ai CLelHs, Mrt. EMzibetb
Sprau, widow of the late Francis Spiatt,
esq. of Salisbury.
Id WoK ing It im- place, aged SI. George
Chnry. eiq. foimerly cbainnaD oFih? V io-
tualling Bnard, from abich be bad relired
tOtDft year- irace.
Al Rot be«e> -terrace, near Stoke New-
iogtoo. aged 13, Mr. Wm. Stvell, lale of
Conihill.
■ Fei. 13. In Bedford-roi', of a contunip-
tioD, aged li, Charlei Henry Huii'.n, a
very promitnig yo<itb. «an of M^ijor gen.
BaUOD ol ibe K'lyal Anillerv, and giaad-
■on of l>r. Hultoii .if Bedfoni-row.
At HammerniiuLh, in hii 63d year, J.
Fti. 14. Id hia asd ^ear, in conie-
■hiiit engaged io a hunting-party in the
nelgbbourhni^d of Killiney. Qeorge-Jahn
Frederick Sai-kvtlle, fourth Duke of Doiaet.
Thia young nobleman, oho had been on a
TiiitluLordPoirericourl, iraiiBn adventu-
faMbotMUMii, and enteridf armljinio thf
C. Dibdiit. When he gaie up hia aiioaiioB
■I [be Weill, be became a part pruprielor
of the picture* of the Battles uf ^rmitapa*
tarn, fcc. exhiliited at the Lyceum lome
years since ; at which place Mr. Lonsdale
prujecied that elegant Bod instiuclile
icenic exhibition auJ oral dcscriptiOD de-
uuminated JEgypliana. Thia eabibitioa
sag 100 claBsic : such a mode oF ratioual
the biau mondr. The itaadowa n'f the
Plianlasaagetia, though leirilic, «er8 at-
U^oiLvel The PultliciL chose lu be terK-
fied, rathn Itaaii informed i and the Ly-
ceum waa, tberefore, subservient to all
the illustoni of a magic lanthnni. It wa«
Mr. Lofisdale'i' inlentioa, badbi< flr» plan
succeeded, to have given the pecnliaritiei
ai the geography, natural bialory, and
maoucis of the iubabitaala of other coun-
190 Rev.E.3ones.—ZadjfHitailtOQ.-~ifeteorolQgie^Diart/. [Feh.
hia iiiidesemd Kc'mion, fiund for hHaV
>ku*titm in t^ llitKrc Ro;*!, Drurv-
lane. Ths ihoek, hsweter, *bn.-h his
mind hi<i reeeiTHf, naaloo oihcIi for his
conttitotian, natura'lr lender; and lie
eipirad a victim to thai DCiil'^'l vhich lili
■bilitln «ni riiapn-i-ion h»' nai merited !
BitrcnaiiKvere'l p «ite4 P")>.49, 181$,
JB lheehutrli-yiintontlveSo*h.id#ofSl.
C1eiii#nt Dsne^. Svani i aiieiMf cl hy DHny
fi-)enrl«, whn TPnerateil ttn "onh when
KTiag, and 9iiicer(4; lammiad their ttn
1 W*.M- Afetl 3S, MarJ Ann*, the irtfe
of Mr. .^amesOrace, ortheOlilJexr]'.
Tot. tXXXIV. Partii. p. (IB, a. The
Iter ffhfirct Jonei *ai edacatn) at Eton ;
attd mnorcd ID Kia^s CoUege, Cim-
briilfe. in 11S9 ; B. A. 1T64 i M. A. Hi'!.
Bart; tn Kf« he «ai patroniztit by Bp.
Ltn«h, (o whom heforsoiB --
menic Chaplain ; and tow
ke Baa indebted for the Reclorf otVpping-
kam ; and, if we mislake not, fur snoia
earfitrf LiriBf. Forsometinie hihdilihe
. Rectory of Great DoddinglOB in North.
■nptoiiBhire. htoaftofhia Letters, in our
hit Volame, Part 1. p. 318, Mr. Jorrea
■afi, " i have beea in ofAen tnite th^n
flftf jran ; and bare res'tded M officiating
Iscupibent nearly the whole of that periud,
the greater part in a eoualrji village, hot
tea of then in a mirket-towa," — He ttaa
an eicellem Sebolar, a tnilf bettevolent
tatmriij wai retemire, and richly Mend ;
•hieh rendered hi< oonvenaiion traty io-
(•mting, and hit eorrfif ^radetKc uACOtn-
tMnly pItMant.— Hit ion, the lUr. ES-
mnl Jaaei, M. A. i> vic*r ttf Ortttkan,
Rutlanilj aiid lUnar of Itollk Kihrollb,
Leicnutenhire.
♦** The arlTde hi page 183, cHitiT*
ta thfl intermeitt of Lady ffanOlaa, we
have aince Iweii auurFd, ii inaociirate.
Her body was notrefuaed Chrtatian barial,
on ai:eount nf her religion. Such aa eb-
j>-otioH could not have beeii maite, a* a
Calhalic pf iect ^rfsrarrd (he latt office*
of prayer, and aiiMinifUred u> her the *a-
tten; no ProleaUnt mimvier kriag at
hand, llie fact i>, that Ibat lady havi«g
incurred many Tery coaatderable debts n
Cilait and it) naigboooihaod, an perMm.
would undertBiM to furaiah her fupwral ;
and she waa on the peint of being hwtied
in a spot ef ground appropriatel to IkO
poor, when an Etigliab raerchant, reiiileBt
in Calais, eonsidM-mg ihenrtica) ihchai]
Do- formerly renderad her coantry, and tlw
ahio wretched aitualioa of the daaghler of
Lord Nelian (wbti, in coroplianee with her
hihei's wiihet, had never left Lady Ha.
milion), oflVred to bemme reapoBsihIe
■gra of her funeral, whteh w
raipeeta biy perAii ifiei
(ehurch-yard) at Calait
geotlenK
Ml i[
. alt tl
rf t(ty, attending at noor-
nen. TkS BRrehaM abom alhidei} to^
fiirfiag that a pr«m <i»* wiBiiietiCed 10
Aetain ike penan of Hiii Hoivlla NelaoB
for Lady Hanjik*a% drkta, eODWryed lliat
yoongltttymi boanl stmmI mrSnglaad;
and, an b^r arrival, placed her hi tb«llarvdt
of Mr. MatchaOi, the late Lmi Nelna'a
brother- in -law, with «fao«e bMlf (he ii
HsTBoioLoeicAL Table for F«bntti7, IS15. By W, CABT,SUaild.
Height of Fahrei Height of Fabrenheit'i '
PRICK OF PLOUK; perS»ck, lM)ru«y '29: 60f,toC5..
RETURN OP WHEAT, iti Hark Lime. inelB^ing mly Fren Pali. S to hb. 1 L :
ToUJ 13,830 Quatler*. A'erag* 63s. Oi.;^^3i. liigHei: tban la»C Relorn.
OATME4L, poi Boll of UoitM, AvairJuiwii, Feb. 18. aSi Sd
AVERAGK PRICE of SUG*K, Feb, ^a, 70». Orf,
PRICE OF HOPS, IN THE BOROUGH MABKET, FebraarySO:
KnitB^i 51. Oj. to 1/. 7i. 1 Keol Pockets 6(. Os. lo 91. fe
SusKx Ditto .„ 5/. Oj, to 6(. ll>j. I Su«e« Ditto „ 5(. 6s. to "Jl. 0».
Eisu Ditto...., 61. Hi. lo m. \0j. I Famham Oitta .....III. Oi. to 13/. Qi.
AVERAOE PRICI OP HAY AND STRAW, J»ii«ary Us
SUanu*%U»f il. \s.6tl. Stnw}L ISi. W.— Whitechapct, HiryW l*i. I^tra-- W. Ut4d.
Clover 6(. I6i. 6*— Smitbfield, Hay*;, 10,. 6ri. Straw 1(. t9i. OA CtorerS/, I5j. 6*
SMITHPIELD, February 90. T,j sink the Offal— per Stone of Bibs.
Beef it id. le Ss. 8i [Lamb -.... oMe.
Mmton 5i. Od, to 61. id, 1 Head of Cattle at Mariiel Feb. 3;
Veal 6s. Oif. to 81. Orf. Beasu about 6*0 , Cal«es 160.
tart „ 5f. OA to fe. W. I Sbeep .....', 3,680. Piy* MO.
COALS, February 30: Nevcaatle 43i, Orf.— aili, Od. Sunderlaad 43f. 6</.— 45i. Od.
S()AP,Veltow,»0(. Mottled lOOi. Card lOli. CANDLES, I3>. erf. pet Doz, Moulds 15i. Orf.
Tallow, per stone, sib. SL Ixmn-t ii. Od. Cl»re M«iket Ot. M. Whitech apel Si, Orf.
I 192 1
THB AVEtlAGE PRICES of Hitioah.! Carai 8h»is an'l olber PtonKTV, in
Feb. 1815 (to the aith). at the OlSoe of Mr. Scott, 19. Hp.ii Bridsotreet, London^—
Ii«>d» and LiTCrpoDl, eui. rn <li*tdead. — Monmouib Canal, 165'. ex dividend lOL
clear.— Grand Junction, 233J. ex half ;ear>i dind«nd, 3'. lOi. clear.— Roctadale, 58J. .
— KeBDCt and Avon, 101. iOt.— BHeiiiMre, 81f.— Uncuter, 30/.- Grand Unian. lOt
—Grand Wratern. 6U. diicounL.— Serern and Wye Raihray, 30'.— Wcit India Dock,
I5T'.— London Dtuo, OR 90L— Imperial 50f.— Hope Ditto, 21. St.— Strand Bndg<,
31'. — Dilio Annuiliea, ID', premium.— Southwark Ditto, Sf. diacaunL — Rirpt Fira-
Office. 3Sf. — Chelaea Water-Wuckt, 13'.— CoDimercial Sale Room, 38'. — Britilk
Copper Cumpan; 3+'. to 40'.— Ciiveot Garden Theatre VSOl. *05l. __^
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Tfe»tmenlofSUve9alFezaBiiMarocco,,.l9a
Poetical Epiiaphs.—ThaCnn Sir W.Brai>iMlbi9
SouTce>i of same Prsrerbial Ex press ion 9... f 00
Bennett'i Hill, the Residence oF Mr.Hutloii30l
Kirkbam Alibeyj Cattle Hovardi CrainbeeO'2
Dyer's [>eH:ripIion of Peter Mouie. Camb. 203
Some Acconot uf the Panlheon at Rome.. .904
Object of " A brief Aecuunt of the Jesuits" 205
Cliaracterof Aifieri, andofbi*Trage(lie«...30Q
TeitainenIaorX11Patrlarcl>i.-A>tli.Conier>li07
ColamniiihonourafLardlliliatSbreiFibariaOS
CbamTood Forest, and its new Cbapel 2U9
E«ract5 from the MSS. of Dr. Duearel 310
Jouroalof an Eicursioo to France in 1713.. .311
Apple-trees. — Animals affected b]r ColonrrilG
Mr.Elton'i Poetical TranalatiotiSTiDilicaUdai'I
Uuerfiom Patrick Eiarl of Uarchmont 319
Mr. Bacon's Scu I ptuf e.— Child- slea ling..,. 333
Fa»nMESTSOFLin!R*TOaE,No.lX 333
Wmchester Palace and its present Rama iDB334
The MouDmental Bust of Shahipeate '236
ASeclingCaw of HenrTPargeter Lewis.. ...337
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Eaddiffe'iFard?— Re*. Thomas Ho«es^...S33
Retiicw of jnew IpuMfiation^, d
The History of RichmotHl in yoilssliire..
Mandell'sSevmon on Christian Missions. ..3;^
Dr.LempriereonMineraIWaieratSaiidrock3-IO
TheFlowetiofWit; bytbe Rev. Henry KeU343
Eustace's Tour thronsb Italy, concluded,., 344
Mason's Statistical Account of IreiaDd.,,
The Poetical Register for I8I0-1S1I...
Sharpc's Sermon on OeDeral Thanksgi*iaga51
DeifoutCommunicant.2.^1 . — Corn Lawi,fcc.2.53
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I^i^totical Cbromtlc,
ProceedinnsinpreaeiUSesiiunofParliamentSfiO
Abstract of principal Foreign Oci:drreneei..36ti
Country NenE2T0. — DomesticOccorrences37l
Theatrical Regiiu Promoliona, Prefennent«e73
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" umoHcited" adtice " to take heed
what ]e hear," (Mattli. iv. 24.) ia a
tnaller that lu nearlj conceina ^our
HUation Bs juur faith in Chriil.
full will perceive in the following
pages that UuitariaaisiB it made up of
■niircpreientatioai and inacciiraciet
ud unfouDded astertions.
After (tatiog io luj f'oroier Addreci
Mr. Beiihaiu'a aoertion, that Bp.
Buiilej frai " baffled aud defeated
io hii contruven; with Dr. Priesllet,"
I uid, ;' Mr. Beisham maj la; l^ii,
but he cannot believe it." if any
one tells me, It it night, when it ii
mid-day, and 1 know him to be in hii
•ente*, 1 am lure that he caiiuul be-
lieve what he layi. Mr. Belibaiu's
anerlioni, that Bp. Uoralej was ae-
feaied, — that the BiahopJcntio lhi«,—
aad that he would havs laughed to.
icom the ignoramui who should have
thought ul lie rnite, are quile a> iDUch
at variance with the truth i and
therefore I contend, that Mr. Bet-
tliaiu ii ejttier wboily iacuinyelcDt Lo
accustuDjeJ language. In his " He-
Tiew" of Mr. Wilberlorce's eicellent
work, he sajs, " an establiiljid Priest-
tood ii, in it! *ery nature, a ptr»e-
culing order. Ail breathe the sums
fierj and intemperate spirit. Truth
and honest inquiry Uiey are paid to
discauntenattce and repress f."
He sayj, that ■' 1 charge him with
using hai'ih language of the Clergj
and Ihejr diictrinei." Uiie» he i^'uy
the charge! [f he does, he cannot
look at Uie paiiagea, which 1 have
guoled and i^eferreJ to, a^id '* believft
what beiajs." But liedoei niitstata
my charge agaimt hit language and
opiniuDs strong enough, t said that
any one, who could hold such aa
opininn of Cp. Hur>ley as he doe-.
anJ could utter that most uncaridid
and untrue opinion ufthe Established
Cnurth and Clergj which he diu, it
* Gent. Mag. Aug. !8H. p. las.
t See this and many similar patsagea
in tile Dean of Cork's eieellent work ou
IhcAtuiieuieut, >o).ll, p.m.
iacom-
196 Bp. of St. David's SeJ^ond Addfess to Unitarians. [March,
incompetent (either from want of terested priesti and crafty ilateimeQ
learning, or from the force of preju- will eontinue to support a religious
dice^ or from bolh) to pi^ss an im- establishment, which answers tbeti*
pertial judgment on the opinions of private and political purposes, at -th^
the antient Fathers, or of the doc- same time that they hold Ha doctrinet
trines of the Established Church. in contempt *.'*
The extent of Mr. Belsham't sense ^On the offeosive {Missage against the
of shame and consistency^ we see in Clergy, occasioned by Mr. Uersley's
his renewed declaration, that Bp. defence of his Father's Tracts, Mr,
Horsley '* knew that he was defeated, Belsham has now put the following
fiud that he would have laughed to gloss : *' The idea 1 mean to. pon.TeT
scorn the solemn ignoramus who in- that passage is, that persons alL
should have thought otherwise," whose expectations in life depend up-
though Dr. Priestley is every where on their profession of a particular
throughout the controversy convict- system of opinions, cannot, in tte
cd of inaccuracies and misrepresen- nature of things, be unbiassed inqui-
tation, and a radical ignorance of his rers after truth." How far tl^s ^oss>
subject. Bp. Horsley's general judg- can be called the meaning oi tbe text,
ment on the controversy is strongly we shall see presently. But what is
expressed in the passages quoted in the Mm that is here meant? Thd
ray former address. But, as Mr. Bel- bias of professional obligation : a bias
i/Iiam has since repeated his gratui- not peculiar to the Clerical profession,
tous assertion to the contrarv, I will The Clergy engage themselves at the
add here two other passages from Bp. commencement of their Ministry) by
Horsley's Remarks on Dr. Priestley's the most solemn vows that man cair
Second Letters, ^ 9 and 12. << These enter into, that they will inculcatef
and many other glaring instances of and maintain the doctrines of tbe
unfinished erudition, shallow criti- Church, of which they are Ministers i
dsm, weak argument, and unjusti- and, as far as in them lies, will babisb^
liable art to cover the weakness, and and drive away all contrary doctrines*
to supply the want of argument; The doctrines which the v promise to
which must strike every one, who teach, are perfectly well knowo ta
takes the trouble to look through them before they enter into this eo-
these Second Letters; put me quite gagement. They ace the doctrinest
fit ease with respect to the judgment which they imbibed with the first ele*
which the publick would be apt to roents of their Christian educatioo^
form, between my antagonist and They professed them publicly io the
line." " As for the outcry whicli fiice of the Church, when they came
be makes about my intolerance, and to years of discretion. They studied
ray bigotry to what he calls high them in their principles and prooffy
church principles, I consider it as the before they offered themselves can-
"Vain indignant struggle of a strong didates for the Ministry. And at th^
animal, which feels itself overcome; commencement of their Ministry theyi
the mere growling of the tiger in declared their entire acqtUesctnce ia
the toils ; and 1 disdain to answer. them, and solemnly promised to in-
Yet Mr. Belsham persists in his as- culcate and .maintain them. And ta
sertion, that Bp. Horsley knew that what way does the professional ob«
}ie was defeated. And what is this ligation which binds them to theip
but saying, Bp. Horsley *' did not be- duty, differ from the obligatioa
lieve what he said ?" But this is no- which attaches to all iraporlant ol&-i
thing to that gross instance of *' de- €es of trust, except in the magnitude
famati(fn against the memqry of the and sanctity of its object? If *'tbey
iead, of which Mr. Belsham is guilty, which wait at the altar are partaker*
in saying that Bp. Horsley would with the altar," must the sincerity of
have *' laughed to scorn the solemn their faith be suspected, more toaa
ignoramus who should have thought the loyalty of the brave defenders of
him not defeated." What can Mr. their country, who are bound by si*
Belsham be ashamed to say of any milar obligations? Must the patr tot"
one, after »uch a charge of hypocrisy, ism of the Navy and tbe Army be
duplicity, and contempt of truth? doubted, because they are biassed by
It is indeed no more than he said be- -^— ■ r^ .
fore, in general, of the Clergy, •♦ in- ♦SeeMageeouthe Atonement,«sbc4bra»
prin-
are Iticite einolumeulB of our Pro-
fiMsion, which excite so niucli envy
•ad niali^nit} } ir fOu look to the
great majority of the Clergy, and
Compare their dutie* with their emo-
Jamentt, thej nre not equal to the
profiti of mbchanio aod kbuurcn
above the loneil rank, or even of a
eood menial service. There must be
ID the mind) of the poor, pious, and
bumble meo, who perform the com-
IDun dulieaof our Church, tomeprin-
\iDQt the Clergy tor impartial ioqui'
riei after truth. What ia the biai
that atlachet Mr. Beliham to the Uai-
larian Meeting-houte in Essex-atreet i
The (ove uf truth? I have already
thevn that hia love of truth ii equal
to bia acuae of ahame. But what is
the bia'a, that ahuti hia eyes agaiuat
the natural cooattuction, the obvioui
tenie, *' the ainiple teaching*" of
Scripture; aod agaiatt the unbiased
tealimony of the poor, pertecated,
tfii uHct^abli»he4 PrtniiUtc Church;
quisilive era to a
passage, vihich haa
sj-5tem of theology.
giveu offence, i«.
the wretched relic
of a dark and bar-
whose eipectaClon*
barous age, upon
in life depend upon
I be profesaion and
their profession Of
defence of which all
a particular BfBteia
his hopes are built.
of opinions, can-
not, ID the natur«
larily be (he object
of Ibiugs, be uDt
of bis aveision and
biassed inquirer^
abherrence.
after truth.
If Engliah worda can be made to
bear ao great a ditference of meaning
a« iiexpreiied by this glosa, what S
latitude may not UnitariaD interpre-
ters allow IhemaelTea, in tranttatinf
the Greek text of the New Tcatament,
when they appeal to their unlettered
frieudi. of " anuAil iinderatandirt^s and
houeat minJ<>" But the gloas duel
not convey the 'meaning ot the teili
The two atsertinui are perfectly at
variance. The text ia grossly tulae t
the gloat it true. 1 lay the more
ttrett on thit diSerence between tbo
text and the g\i3K, becaiuei like other
Unitariu
Treatment of Slaves at Fez and Marocco. [Marc^^
copy the account from a verj curi» -
oils descriptioo of Timbucioo^ the
famous city id the centre of Africa,
extracted from the Jnnalei det f^o^*
ages, in one of the French Jouruaia..
Who was tiie original writer I kiui«r-
DOL
^' Tbese Slaves are treated in a ytff.
different maimer from those whieh aro
transported froan the eoast of Guinaty*
and the establishments at -GamUa, Mi
theAniericHii Islands, After having auf-
feredthe privations to Ufbicb every tra-
veller is subject who traverses tbe de*
sert, they are sent to Fez, and Itfa-
rocco. There they are enpoeed Id the
tok, or public market, and sold by auo-
tioii. Tbeir new master eoni'eys tbena
to his habltarioTi, where, if they conduct
themselves with Bdelity, they are reffard-
ed in future as members of the family ;
and are even permitted to connect them-
selves vrith the free women of the estab-
lishment. As they : onstantly bear tbw
Arabic langua|!fe spoken, they soon ot>-
tain a bligl^ knowledge of it : tbe more
intelU§:e«it learn to read and w^ite. At
soon as they are able to read and an-*
derstand a chapter of tbe Koran, tbeir
roasters begin to inculcate upon tbeir
minds, susceptible uf ail impressions^
the fundamental points of the Masut-
man doctrine. This religion, estab-
lishing the Unity of Gud, is easily ad>
mitted ; and they reject, without mudi
difficulty, their former superstitions.'
Once arrived at this point, they tffifnc^
diaUly obtain their liberty; and their
master is deligbt«d to Jiawe converted
an infidel, and, by this good work, X»
have deserved the favour uf Heaven«
" Those Slaves, whose minds do aat
take this tiyn, and who do not lear^
the Mahometan faith, nevertheless ob-
tain their liberty, after eight or ten
years of slavery. A true Musulman re-
gards them as servants; and considers
the sum which be gave in tbe purchase,
as merely a consolidation Of ttie wages
which h^ would have paid to a Free ser-
vant. As soon as this sum appears to
him to have been worked out, be dis-
solves the bondage of his slave; and,
according to the spirit of his religion^
believes that, in so doing, be merits
the blessing! of Heaven. This act of
generosity is entirely voluntary, on the
part of the prwprietur . and 1 have
known," says the writer, ''many slaves
so attached, by good treat ment, to their
masters, that they refused their iibertyj
when it was offered."
Here is a picture, at wbirh inanj
Christians may wcU blush, who ia
ibis respect, though not in manj
othera».
I5S
Unitarian glosses*, it does not re-
present the meaning of the text ; and
I say this the more decidedly, because
Mr. Belsham's habitual language con-
eerniog the Established Church and
Clergy forbids me to accept it as the
meaninf ; and because the words
irhich fallow the gloss, shew that he
does not, in reaiily, abate one par-
ticle of the text, lie says only, ** If
\fk the expression of this sentiment
undue asperity of lan;;uage has been
allowed, 1 would readily retract it.
lu the mean while" &c. that is, be-
fore he does retract it. This is no-
thing like the frankness of an indic-
iwrii volo. If Mjt. Belsham were to
retract it by an unequivocal re9un-
ciatioa of his unjust and uncharitable
sentiment, it would have one fortu-
nate consequence. He must, to be
consistent with such renunciation,
cancel or recast all his former publi-
cations, which might happily conduct
him back to ** the faith in which lie
was educated.**
(To be continued.)
Mr. UfiBAir, March 2.
MUCH has been written on the
subject of Slaves ; and hnma-
tiity has been very laudably exerted,
to stop the importation of African
Slaves into our Islands in the West
Indies. Of thts trade, as it formerly
existed, the most horrible part was
the mode of conveyance from Africa
to the Islands. It was a disgrace to
human nature; and the true detail
of it, when first given to the publick,
petrified every reader with horror.
Mext to this was the treatment of the
Slaves in the West Indies, not regu-
lated by salutary laws, and often
conducted in the most brutal and
horrible manner. Thrs also required
interposition, and happily received it.
But let it not be supposed, that there
is any thing in theconditioa of Slaves,
ivhicb necessarily implies such abuses.
Let us attend to au account of the
treatment of Slaves at Fez and Ma-
rocco: a treatment occasioned by a
religious feeling, which Christians, if
they were what Christians ought to
be, would carry to a much greater
height of conscientious regard. I
* See Notes and JlltLsf rations to a
Tract intituled, The Bible, and nothing-
hut the Hibfe^ ike Keligion oj the Church
9f EtiglaniL
m<k perroiHton tii add lour more to
tb« number. To luch Readen (and
oriheie the number appear) iocraaa-
ing) M, in readinjr poelrj, wek tome-
thing more tban amusemenl, thej maj
afford pleaiure, or impart inttruclioo,
for B great obaerver of human nature
faal aMcrted that " /Te mag find Ser-
mttu iu tl»nei,andgei>dia every thing,"
Youn, &c, J. C.
]. On a Sultr.
Fare*rlli iwect Maid! wbom as birak
The fragranl bud of Spring, loo early
Untimely Demth baft uipi.- Here taks
InTiolable berc, wliilc ««, tbsn tbee
Leu favour'd, thru' the darksome rate
of Life, [Inng
Toil on in tear* without thee. Yet not
Shall Death divide u;. Rapid k the
flight [wing.
Of Life, more rapid than the turlU's
And KHin our bones shall meet. Here
may <re sleep, [might' »
Here wake together, and ' by hii dear
' If cidtt.
The name or Anna Senard waf in*
verted in the Epitaph at Litchfield,
from a general opinion tbut it vru
the productioa of that ladj. J. C.
M?. Urb*!«, Feb. 13.
A CORRESPONDENT in Tolums
LXXXIV. ii. 51S. eipmaed a
wiab tu have the Epitaph on Sir Wil-
liam Browne') Monumeot.
The otherda J, in traTellioe- through
Norfolk,'! )topped at Hillingtoai
ii)iled the Church, and took a copj
of the Epitaph, which I now tend jou.
On the top of the Munument ii la
repreientatiun of the Sun, with this,
line underueath it.
CoTonat aelun prrtiati glerUl.
U. 5.
D. Gulielmi Browne, Militii,
Medicoram Londini bis Prosiili^
S. R. S.
Studium opuique qui vMt prraequenl
Medicinam baud line Ueo fecerat.
Die noclcque niteril pro ilribui
^00 Uillington-Uall—Prdverbial Eltpres^ofis. [Mareb,
Salutem hilaris hominibus dare.
Labor turn ipse sibi voluptas fuit.
men. There are alf o two other i^lits
ijaDor turn ipse sihi voiuptas tuit. jn this parish, Belmouot and UphalL
Eheu! jam agendo baud spectatur am- now beloogiiig to the same per.on.
plius.
Beatum tamen vixisse se adsercns^
Prob^ conlentus exacto tempore^
Uti conviva cedit vita satur.
Homo bumani k se alienum nil putans.
Die decimo Martii 1774 mortuus,
Die Ciceronis natali 3 Jan. 1693 editus^
Beatiorem his praefatus adpetens.
Patria O ! pefpetua esto et libera !
Sit anima mea cum Christusopbis !
Propfe Newtonum, Boyliura, Lockium!
Procul insanis ^ Sapientibus!
Velim ediscas, Lector, quanti est vivere
Licet qua terris noscerc et agere.
Tlo^tVOV Kttl <TV tfltuQl 7C0I01 OXUf
Tou Qctvcirov /uLynfAuv kcci /uLfrifAuv i<m 0ioio
Coronat tellus inani nomine!
Amor fams prospicit virtutibus.
Annorum plenus, praeter spam plenus
honorum, [mum.
Plenus voti omnis, desero gratus hu-
Miles Christi morte triumpho !
There is a good representation of
Sir William's profile, taken, as I un-
derstand, from one executed bj
Wilton { and at the bottom of the
Monument are his armorial bearings.
It is on the South wall of the chancel,
and adjoining it is a monument to
Lady Browne, who died some years
liefore the Knight.
In the chancel are several monu-
Yours, &c.
Mr. Urbah,
A Tratiller.
March 5.
IN p. 118, a shrewd Correspond-
ent, whose signature is £., re-
quests information id what work is
to be found the expression, Solameu
miser 18 socios habuisse doloriB* Where
to discover the Latin words I did not
exactly know ; but your Readers will
perceive the sentiment assigned to
AnWochut by LuciAir in tne Dia-
logue between Antilochus and Achil-
les: The original passage runs thus,
Offct ^E Tot^fAvQlocv xal n Kontuviot rQ
v^ayyMro?, x,»\ to juitf julomv aJroy vi^
vovQtvai, This mean idea is nobly
combated, in his Par ad. Reg, L. i.
V. 401. by the poet Milton :
" Fellowship in pain, divides not smart.
Nor lightens aught each man's peculiar
load."
In the same dialogue between An-
tilochus and Achilles, Lucian makes
the former notice the cowardly
speech which Homer gives to the
latter in Od. A. v. 488. Plato, De
Repub, III, also, objects to the
thought. And the mighty Stagirite
reproves the same impropriety o? sen-
timent in Iphigenia at Aulis, when
menls to the Folkes family, and also *^^ «»!»» Ignominy is preferable to
to the Hbvels, who were the former '^*^'*-, ^»« censure is very concise,
lords of the whole parish ? the last T« ^l »vu(A(i\y, n w Av\i^» l^tyemac,
of whom, Sir William, left three Ov^h ya^ eo»Kf» ii iKilvjacnu tJ ure$*.
daughters his co-heiresses, one of Aristot. De Poet. XFIII,
whom was married to Martin Folkes, Pray where is this passage ? Ex
esq. knd brought the estate into that peds Herculem,
family.
. Sir William Browne left only one
daughter, the wife of William Folkes,
esq. and mother to the present Sir
Martin Browne Folkes bart. ; which
tccounts for his remains being depo-
sited here.
This village is seven miles from the
borough of Lynn, and on the road
from thence to Cromer; and appears
to contain little worthy of notice.
A Fifth-form Lad. H.
*^ The man that fights and runs away.
May live to fight another day ;
But be that is in battle slain.
Can never rise to fight again.''
Mr. tJRBAN, March 7.
IF the Gentleman wbo ascribes
these four lines to Sir Joha
Mennes in the reign of Charles the
Second, will have the goodness to
Uinington-hall,theseatof SirMar- favour your readers with a copy
tin Browne Folkes, and for many
generations the residence of his an-
cestors, bears the marks of some
antiquity. Though not decorated
v^ith porticos, and the grounds un-
ornamented, this place appears to
possess much more.valuable qualities,
all tbe comforts so peculiar to the
residences of English country gentle- f if A Siaffbrdihlre Freeholder in oar next
Mr.
of the Poem in which they occur,
or with a competent Sxtract from
it conlnining them, with reference
to page, &c. he will confer an obli-
fation, and removethe uncertainty un-
er which most persons have lain with
regard to tbe Author of them. B.-C.
^15.] Beonett^i Hil], tka B^denceefMt. Hattoit: ' 301
. Sw, AfViM*iny,5q»l.l9, 1814. Aicbileclvre fckcbed iU nuBnitaf
AS jrou fa«fo preMTTcd the lem' perfecliiMi mod boant*. Tka deuga
blHce of muiy ReudencM Mid » not IftrgCt aod IDs onuBoeiiti,
net witn, uu ot wnicn. "om. u« to ,^1 ^; ^.t probably have been port
e«n«, M «itfqn»le .^ Thafir.t „f t^e cloiiter.. Near there .re mwy
we approMb, H Uie gutewaj. a work ^ too much mutilated to UcerlaiB
of Eifward ril. >a all the spleodoiir .■ f^^.^gr u^
Of that perioJ ; a i.me whw Pointed ^ con.iderable di.tance Korth.«it
of thit, and nearly in a liue with tho
* Adjoining hiB o«n garden. g^,^_ lublills a »olilarj Tettije of the,
GiNT. MiB. March, lgl6. ucred
O.
202 Kirkham Abhey^ — Castle Howard. — Crambe^tfc. [Mkitft,
^ sacred edifice ; this alone remains, to
denote the situatioo, the style, and
the grsDdeor of the whole. It is of
the early Pointed style, consisting of
one division and part of another, la
which is a very lofty narrow windhdw,
and two buttresses, most elegantly
proportioned, with shafts and enrich-
ed capitals on the chamfered angles :
the whole in so perfect a state that
scarcely the courses of stone are
visible. In 1784, the upper part fell
down, consisting of a turret and pin-
nacle, beautifully mantled with ivy.
In a farm-house opposite the $*te-
way^ is preserved the abbey font,
which was dug from among the ruins
Bot many years since : it is perfect,
mnd very much ornamented, but does
Dot appear to be much older than
the reign of Henry VI. It may be
deemed a great ctiriosity, as this de-
corative appendage to a church was
generally marked as an object for
destruction.
This fine Cistertian Monastery, de-
dicated to the Holy Trinity, was
founded by Sir Walter L'Espec, knt.
and Adelina his wife, in the year 1121.
It is not improbable that the frag-
ments of Saxon work are part of
the original buildings of this dste.
Its value before the general disso-
lution amounted, accordiug to Speed,
to 300/. 1 5s. %d.\ and by Dugdale, to
S69/. 5«. %d. It was surrendered
Dec. 8th, 15S9, in the SOth year of
Henry VIII. by John Keldwick the
prior, and seventeen canons: it was
afterw&rds granted to Sir Henry
Knevet, knt.
About fise miles North of Kirk-
ham is Castle Howabd, a stupen-
dous and magnificent mansion, erect-
ed by Sir John Vanbrugh on the
site or the Old Castle of Hinderskelf,
and is the noble residence of the
Earl of Carlisle, K. G. The North
firont which we approach has a fine
centre, with a cupola rising from the
roof, and two extensive wings, the
North-east of which was finished ac-
cording to the original design; the
other was erected by Sir James Ro-
binnon, but without any attention
either to extent, or character of the
style* The South, or garden front,
is very magnificent % the centre, a pe-.
diment supported by fluted pilasters,
is approached by a grand flight of
stone steps i which, with the range of
pilasters alon^ the whole facade, is
particularly SvkQ, The Eastern ex-
tremity of the North wing forml the
kitchen ; it has a M)aare tower at
each angle. The number of roof«>
cupolas, and massy clustered diim-
neys in the iatermediate space, aad
the general picturesque assembtaffe iif
tlw whole design, is striklnff, and ini*
pressively gnwd. In the fronti^ aad
extending Eastward aboTS SOD yaills»
is a noble terrace, deeoraM with
itatues, terminated by a large lenic
temple, having four porticos. The
iaierlor of this princely nansioii
abounds with works of art i the waHi
of the hall were painted by Peligrini
with the history of Pha^toa ; the re-^
eesses occupied by antique statues s
and oa pedestals are distributed teaay
fine busts. Every room throB^hoat
has nnmerotts* reficks of aatiqaity to
daim notice, and the numberless pic-
tures which adorn the walls, with the
extensive and choice colleetioa of
vases, would require a volume to de-
scribe, andjprove useless toenumeiate
in this limited space. About balf a
mi|e South-east of the house Is the
mausoleum, of the Dorle order: it
measures 60 feet in diameter, of a€ir->
cular form, and is 90 feet high.
Returning from Castle Howanl to-
wards Kirkham, about 6ve Ailee
from thence, is the small village of
Crambe, The Church has been much
altered, and would not merit the
slightest notice did it not contain aa
antient font. It stands toward the
West end of the aile, is large, of %
square farm, supported by a stout
centre shaft, with four columns at the
angles, having ornamented capitals*
and the upper part decorated with
intersecting semicircular arches.
Nearly two miles Southward of this
village on the road to York, is Hovh'
sham, a fine mansion on gently ris-
ing ground, near the river Derwent,
built about the time of Queen Eliza*
betb, the seat of the worthy and
amiable Mrs. Cholmley, to whom be-
longs the magnificent Abbey at Whit-
by, in the same county. The vallev
in which it is situated is beautifau
and the surrounding scenery varied
and delightful. J. C. R.
Peter-House, Cambkidoe*
From Mr, Dyer*s " History of the
University and Colleges of Cam-
BRIUGB."
IN treating of particular Colleges^
those whvchhave precedency in the
order of time, naturally claim pri^
oritj
ed, raigbt cunSrm and complele the teulion between religiom bouiet)
former, and bo be made the ealire imd the King or Pupe, or Arch-
charter of fouiidalion. This wai the bitbup, and lometimei even with oil.
exact caae with Merlon, llie must I" the preient caie, the King vio-
■otieat College at Oxford. The first jeotly Ojiposed the anpointmeut, aod
charier i*, Jan. 7,1264; the Kcund it «aa uut approvea b; the Arch-
b 1270 i and the third, nbich com- bi«Iiop, vbo also wished bimielf to
pitted the two former, whs in i£T4. baYc put in aouther persoo. The
There U a slill furthar acaiog; in the '^'"S' 't <eems thought, that a* Ely
two cases. The bouse of MerloD, ^'" a- strongly furtified place, a monk,
tellleil in IS70, is entitled Doniui might not Le soldier enough for k
Scholarium de Merton; and in the Uishop.
■ _^ Whatever the cauitc, the King, by
* We have not thought It necessary- to '''* 'eHers, requested Ihc Prior anil
204 Peter House, Cambridge. — Pantheon at Rome. [Marcfa^
bam, his Chancellor, for their Bishop.
The Archhishop of Canterbury uras
for Adnm, the author of some trea-
tisen at the time greatly celebrated;
but the Abbot and Convent were re-
solute for their Sub-prior, and the
contest becanie Tiolent. The Con-
Tent ch Ode Hugo de Balsham $ the
King set aside the appointment, and
laid waste the iields and proves about
the bishoprick. But, an appeal be-
ing made to the Court of Rome, the
choice of the Prior and Convent was
at length confirmed ; and Hugo de
Baliiham accordingly was consecrated
Bishop of Eiy in 125T: and thus he
became tenth Bishop of Ely. '
His College of Peter-House (for
we must return to that) was forpaed
out of two autient hostels, in form-
ing which it is generally allowed that
Balsham originally composed it of
different materials, partly collected
on the spot, and partly- introduced
from a neighbouring society. On th^
spot were the Friars of Penance and
of Jesus Christ; so Carter.— Smyth
adds, " Tirey were the Vri^.rs of Pc»-
nance of J<?suf<, Chriotand Friars Hos-
pitallers of St. John, as another
account:*' and the truth is, it was
|)o uncommon thing for a rel'gious
house to be characterized by two, or
even, as the nunnery of St. Rbadc-
gund was, by three names. Those
introduced fron) a neighbouring so-
ciety were the seculars belonging to
the canons regular of St. John's,
n^ho had, it seems, too much religion
to agree well together. So Hugh
took the old twig, split from the
parent tree, and engrafted it pn hi«
new plant : and thus, under his foster-
ing hand, they grew up together a
new tree, with a new name, aad with
more of amicable society.
jiccountof (fee Pantheon* at Rome.
TH £ Paolheon is an antient
Temple at Rome, which wa»
originally dedicated, as its name im-
plies, to all the Cods; but more par-
ticularly, to Jupiter Uitor, avenging
Jove ; MarSy the God of Battles; and
VenuSy the Queen of Love. The
builiiing is of a circular form, of
immense size and magnificence. In
front there is a most majestic por-
tico, supported by '^a double range
pf Corinthian pillars, sixteen in num-
ber, each of them hewn out of one
solid piece of Eastern granite. Be-
tween the middle columns, which are
a little further removed from each
other than the rest, a passage opens
to the brazen portals; which, aithey
unfold, expose to Tievc a circniar
hall of immense extent, crowned with
a lofty dome. It is paved and lined
vrith marble. Its cornice of white
marble is supported by sixteen pillars
and as mnny pilasters of the Corin-
thian order. In the circumference
there are eight niches; and between
these niches are eight altars, adorned
each with two pillars of less size but
of the same materials. The niches
were antiently occupied by statues
of the great deities; while the inter-
mediate altars served as pedestals folr
the inferior powers. The propor-
tions of this temple are admirable
for the effect intended to be pro-
duced; its height being equal to its
diameter, and its dome, not an oval,
but an exact hemisphere. The effect
is also heightened by the manner in
which the light is admitted, through
a circular opening to the skies in the
apex of the dome. This circum-
stance, which corresponds well with
the simplicity of design, has a won-
derful effect in dispersing the light
throughout the whole temple ; whilst
it directed the eyes of the worship-
pers to the Heavens, the peculiar
abode of that Deity to whom they
were addressing themselves.
In antient times, all the front on
the outside was covered with plates
of brass or copper, and gilt withhold ;
and the outside of the dome was cover-
ed, with plates of solid silver. These
ornaments have long since been con-
verted to other uses, and the dome is
now covered with sober sheets of lead.
The Pantheon was converted into a
Church, and dedicated to St. Mary, by
Pope Boniface IV. about the year
609 ; -and has since that period attract-
ed the attention and enjoyed the pa-
tronage of various pontiffs.
After all, to adopt the language of
a writer * of exquisite taste, who has
himself contemplated this venerable
pile,
" Let not the traveller complain, if
even in this magnificent monument he
shall tind that his expectations surpass
the reaiity, and that his fancy has
thrown around the Pantheon an ima-
ginary splendour. He must not expect
to find in it the freshness of youth.
» pee our Select Poetry, p.357»
* Eustace, Classical Tour.
Years
iils:^7TiePa.nthe6a.—*' History of the Jesuilt."—M6*n. SOS
Tean put not in v>in orcr mm or lila doctrlnet of the mo«t pcraicioni tm-
w»rki; the; may Bometinm ipare pro- dency both in moraU mndpolUiita,
-poTtioB >nd ■jmmctry ; but beaut; and ihej ha*e added practicM in e&cb, rf
(rue, whether in the marble portico, . naluiv utterlv indefenilble — thit
1L-™J;^.,'"""r rS' T" "^ i! »*" "£«"'• employed bj ihetn ia tbs
their toQcb and ™tahT«™i,M«« pro«?ulion of their SbjecW h.»
kve DOW ndied o«r the Pantheon; and t„„ ;i„" « ■ i . ■ , ■> T; "■'™
bed it9 doi^e In |'"».'J'"7t,e«l"«'«!j.'SWher,of
lave at lea»t iiD- (>ll>olic com muni on, who hiT*
Bullen Bfandeur *'^'" '"™ Ibpir willing iatlrani«iU|
ire left it to all ita '"^ ^*^t ^'^^ ^^^ coneeaiioii* of the
but tfaey have J'i'CMiit rei^n (eapecially the grant
(I trniameniB, lt> of the elective franchi>e) haTCgreallj
iftflomycoloun. mcreaied the nainber hnd isluenca
of aiitiqnlty, and , .of Cltholicki both in Eoglaod ani
hicli Tine alone Ireland, the conne'iion which faa*
CM sbcd o»er edi6ce*, rather tncreftie etet lubiitled betweeu the J^Mitf
tbaa diloiniah ita maje«ty, by addint "and (tiemielve* auuine* the iiiora
tgiujuatly admirfd furm, rfiat. *hith ntipbrtaDce, and threaf^Di ereiter
"Sii'i.r.i^s'.rsj*;,^.:" j"i" ^.tb. i.ier»i. .f . p™.
leitant NAioo and Government — ihat
the clrcomitance of Ibe Jeioili fiaf.
■ , ' lu^' already 'Btrivtiij' tii InnbaNtt, in
MKUbbait, "^March 1. ipite of Uwa whiCb hSre a^ver' bee*
A PAMPHLET hafjnit appeared aliru^ated, it part of 'itie if ttem of '
intitaled " A Erief Account of alchieving ij n>auif' what canuot ba
the JciDitt, wlih Bittorical Proof) in efiectcii bj force— th&t, under theia
■apport of it, tendiug lb citabliih circumilancei, the preient Pope,. is
the Dange; of IheBeiival of that reTiving an order whirh wOfaboIiiMI
<}i4erto the World at lai^e, and to b^PopeClpmedt Xlf.aboat 40j'ean
tt6 United Kingdom in parlicaUr." iioce, and in auignine lo ■( at Uw
Tlw plan embrace^ three psrit: — III, tame time the aid of THSTv^nui-
A mmraarj of Ibe htstorj of the Je- tiok (its oldest and bett' allj), haa
•aiti. — 8d, Evidences dranii from himself ocled upon Ibo great prin-
Ibe history of olber nations and uur C'pte of Jesuitiiiii, viz. that Ike end
oitn for the purpose of eitablltbing la be alchieved mill sanction the ute
it;— and 3d, Refleclioni on the whole oftheworH meant; and hateff'eclually
inbject The great object of llie pruiided fur the revival of all the
writer appears to be, to shew, that, evils inseparable from the employ.
DO twiths landing the prelensiona of nient of such agents. — Fiojlly, that
the Jesuit) to superior learning and the United Parliament o«e» it to i(t
iBJenli, their order is only a corrujit own safety, and to the intereit* of
modification of the PapaUyttemi and the Nation at tai^c, immedialel; tu
that its niembert have been at all ditiniaa the Jesuits who have at this
times the most ardent and active time arrived in Ireland, and probably
agents of the itomiih Church, hav- in Eii^land, and tu prevent the land-
ing been by nu means scrupulous in ing of others ot the same professioo.
theempl.>)ment of all the means io Yours, &c. fi.
their power (not excepting pebse- — ■
cDTioN in every form) to »*tll the Mr. Ubh*n, Marehi.
triumphs and enlarge the possession) OliVCE the writing of my letter
of that Church — that theconstitution O inserted in your last Magazine,
andrulesof IheSucielyobligeitsmera- 1 have seen, and in part read, Mr.
berstoa practice opposed to the plain- (IharlesLtojd'iTrausUlionul'Alfiert'a
est dictates o( religion andgooJcun- Playn t anil think Itiat tu call it in
science, and hostile lo the safety of So- general a. faithful one, is perhaps at
' "' " — -■- gmj iJigh g jiraise as it it cnlilled tu : for
:s of that " ttieplant which he has brotight
their existence, the Jesuits were the from Italy into Britain has, under hit
authors of almost all the calamities inaiia|;einent, borne undelcri orated
which desolated the world at large, fruit," is, ^am afraid, enure than he
■nd Europe in particular, especially has reason tu Batter himself nith.
the Prolestaat part of it — that tu Indeed the dilTetent ipiril and phra-
teol<^y
206 Character 5/* Al fieri, and (fhis Tragedies. [Marcb^
seologv of different languages must
unavoidably make translat'ton diffi-
cult, and almost always imperfect:
and the Italiau may possess those
qualities which Voltaire, in a letter
prefixed to his Merope, attributes to
It (« d'etre plus maniable,'' &c.) that
may make a transfusion of its spirit
into other languages peculiarly diffi-
cult, if not impossible. That these
qualities are amply displayed in Alfi-
eri's Plays, is, I think, undeniable ;
and repeated perusals, and compari-
sons of them with other authors,
have still more strongly impressed
me with this conTiction. Alfieri has
^tven its fullest force to tragic com-
position : it is hardly possible to
conceive it executed with greater
strength and justness of thought
and expression. His speeches and
descriptions often strike us with hor-
ror; but that sentiment is never call-
ed for but on proper occasions, and
i)s worst effects are alleviated by the
energy and animation that accom^
pany it, and that infuse themselves
into the mind of the Reader. His
Plays may be said, as Baron Grimm
observes m his Correspondence, ** to
be written in blood, instead of tears:"
but it is blood which the Tragic Muse
is armed with a dagger purposely to
shed; and Alfieri has made her words
and herblows in perfectcorrespondence
with each other. That we are inclined
to shrink from the sight and sense of
such horrors can, I think, only be tbe^
result of a false delicacy, or a sort
of mental epicurism, that inclines us
to indulge only in the softer and
more pleasurable sensations ; that dis-
? loses us to shut our eyes against
acts, when they are displeasing to
us, and when, in truth, the contem-
plation of them would make us more
sensible of what is amiable and laud-
able in human nature, by contrasting
it with what is odious and criminal:
and this contrast we meet with in its
greatest force in Alfieri's Tragedies,
The fullest display of truth and na-
ture (when there is no real violation
of decencjf) can never be injurious to
the miud: and our unwillingness to
open our eyes to that display, not
only proves, but must add to the
weakness of our mental vision; or^
what is worse, must distort it. Al-
fieri's works are, in short, as manly
as they are possessed of every other
excellence. They have all the <* pu-
rity and simplicity," all the " cov-
rectness and severity of taste,'* that
Francklin (iu the preface to his Trans-
Jation of Sophocles) attributes to the
Greek Tragedies. That simplicilj
may be more easily transferable iato
the Italian, tbaa any other modem-
language, from the resemblance of
its beauties to those of the antient 1
but the beauty of simplicity roost be
felt in all languages, as in all works
and productions whatever, provided
it has that grace given to it, that
still leaves it its own cbaracter-^he
grace of nature and of truth. The
advance of knowledge, and the force
of Alfieri's genius have enabled hini
to improve on those antient models^
as well as to avoid (in which hit me-
rit is all his own) the defects of the
moderns, which (as I bd^ore observed)
certainly have their exuberances^
however pleasing these may be made,
and how much soever of imagination
and feeling they may displav as well
as excite. But they may be really
extraneous to the piece, though (as
in Shakspeare) the art and genius of
the author mav connect them with
it. As to Shakspeare, it has been
truly said, that '* In that circle none
durst walk but he.'' To propose him^
therefore, as an object of imitation^
in *' treading the pathless regions of
human passion and human thought/'
in penetrating the '* hidden mysteries
and invisible sources of subumity,'^
&c. is only suggesting what is calcu^
lated to mislead future authors from
what ought to be their proper ob«
ject, the delineation of huuiaa uw
ture as it is, with all that is characr
teristic of it. That Alfieri's persoi^
a^es (besides their talking, as Mr.
Lloyd says, *' entirely of themselves
and with each other," &c.)do not '*go
into any analysis x>f their feelings,"
only, I think, exempts them from the
danger which is exemplified in Shaks-
peare*s soliloquy of Hichard III. the
night before the battle of Bosworth %
which soliloquy is of course never
recited on the stage. But where is the
genius that could atone, asShakspeare
does, for such lapses? How Mr. L»
has found out that Allieri*s Plays
*' want sensibility,*' and Madame de
Stael, that *' he was born rather for
action than for thought*' (which I
suppose she has inferred from his
exercise of thought in the represent
tation of action) and that ^* he has
not
iog, if the subject itself ii so. At
to Mr. Llojd's Iraailation, though
generally faithful, and at times evea
happj, it is often weak, bald, and
lame, and lotnetimes mistaken ; of
which a fiagrant imtance occurs iu
the Oreitei, where jEgiilhus, after
being leverelf reproached b; Clj-
lemsntra, ufa, on lier leaving
faim, ** S'odan coitorot nnila rileva
il reito." Which Mr. L. bj a strauge
miitahe (for 1 will not luppnae that
he went purpotelj out of hi* way
to indulge an inclinatioa to latirize
the loquacitj of the fair kx, which
AtficrihiiDfelf was certaiulj much too
atteatif e to the busioMi of the piece
to do) tranilatef,
" Be women beardi tbey care not for
the rest."
Inlead of which, il ihould rather be,
" Hear we the other*i for Ihe rest 1
care not :" or, " Hear we the itrang-
•r*) for anght else I care not)" al-
ludiag to Orealei and P^ladet, who
were «orae in diiguiiej with intent to
case i for, according to the opinion of
Fabricius, tbejr were not to much as
written in that language, though Dr..
Grabe thinks tbey itere.
" M. Paris pretends the Teataitieirta
were unknown tu the Christians in the'
time of St. Jerome i but this ii a mia^'
take, for this grou piece of forgeiy if
older than Origen, and nas probably'
composed in the second cenlnry, ot the
close of the firat.
" Some bava thought the Greek tei(
of this book, was a translatiuo made by
John Cbrvsostom, from an Hebrew ori-.
ginal; but the grounds of Ibis opinion
are not juffiE^ient to support it.
" liishup Grosseleste nas firmly per-
suaded of tbe authenticity of this Booh:
he not oiiiy translalnd it into Latin from
the Greek originals; but, in a letter of
hie to Kinf; Henn 111. be alledges the'
words of the Telumanis, and »r{^es
from tbem, as tbe uniloubted word of
God."
The Book has been translated inta
French, Dulch, and English— it wai
printed at Pans in ■.'■'19, in ISmo.
The first English edition of this book
20S Arthtir Collier ?— Shrewsbury Column, [Marcb^
was printed 10 12roo. at London, by The dimensions are as follows :
John Daye, near Aldersgate, 1581, F. I,
with cuts, a preface b j Riciiard Daye, Height of the pedestal 13 Q,
and at the end an account how these Of the shaft and capital ^e 0
Testaments were foiud. Richard Of the pedestal to the statue.. ..I l 6
Baye, besides the preface, promised Of the statue ... « 16 O
the Death and Testament of Jacob; ■
this edition is translated into English Whole height 131 0
by A. G. (Arthur Golding), and has __ ,. ^ . . ,
a cut of Jacob bolstered up in bis ^« ^'T^^V ?1 *^* ''''^""" *'
bed, and his sons about him, in the ri. _, rl^J^** ••••.•;', I? 2
!.., ' ... . • • . J Diameter at the capital ,11 6
title page. — Jt has been again printed ^
in Englifih as follows: To judge of the magnitude of this
By Richard Daye in 1589; Richard memorial, the best mode will be to
Yardley in 1590; for the Stationer's compare it with some of the most
Compary 1606; again 1641; 1663; remarkable structures of a similar
1674; 1693; 1699; 1706; 1716; 1731. kind.
Allow me, Mr. Urban, to solicit in- . The Monument in London is 15
formation on the following subjects: J««^ »»* diameter, Lord Nelson's co-
Did Dr.Berkeley(Buhop of Cloyue) '""™" at Dublin 13 feet, and the
ever publish any more of " The Prin- weight (»f the shaft and capital about
ciples of Human Knowledge," than 77 feet.— -The column erected by Buo-
the First Tart, which was printed in n^parte at Pans is 14 feel in diame-
avo. in Dublin, 1710? *®''« *^°^ ^20 m height ; so that Lord
Canan^ parlicularM be given of Ar- ^»"** column will be equal in dia-
thur Collier, Rector of Langford '"e*^'' *» ^^^ Monument, two feet
Magna, near Sarum, who in 1713 "J^^**? than Lord Nelson's, and, ex-
publi«hed " Clavis Universalis, or A elusive of the pedestal, 13 feet higher >
New Enquiry after Truth ," being a and exceed the diameter of the Parif
demonstration of the impossibility of ^^o'umn one foot j and will, it is pre-
an external world. This book is of »"™^<J' be the largest Doric coluraa
exceeding rare occurrence; and Dr. ever erected.-— The site is an elevated
Reid, in his Essays on the Intellectual JP^^ ^^ '^e entrance of Shrewsbury
Powers of Man, p. 173, says, he has ^^''^ "« London and Bath roads.—
onl? seen one copy of it, which is in The estinoatedexpence 5500/.
the University Library of Glasgow. TJie original design is by Mr. Hay-
I consider myself fortunate in pos- <^P?^» J""/,,?" »ngenious young ar-
lessing a copy of this curious book. <^h'**L^' ^f Shrewsbury, corrected by
The arguments are the same as Mr. Harrison of Chester.
Berkeley's; but,ttfK>ugh written with Y^""» ®*^' ^^®= OwBir.
metaphysical acuteness, the style is ^
disagreeable; and what is verystrange,
as Dr. Reid observes, •« although he Mr. Urbah, Feb. SO.
(Mr. Collier) appears to be well ac- TJOW can the Rev. Mr. Rolfe be
Suainted with Des Cartes, Male- XTX nephew of Lord Nelson ? — Tho
raiiche, and Norris, as well as with Peerages mention but two stifters of
Aristotle and the Schoolmen, it does the gallant Peer, and those married
not appear that he had ever heard to Bolton and Matcham.
of Locke's Essay, which had been The late amiabtb General Ross,
published twenty-four years, or of (see vol. LXXXIV. ii. p. 401.) was of
Berkeley's Principles of Human a respectable and nobly allied family
Knowledge, which had been pub- situated at Rosstrevor in the North
lished three years." of 1 reland : — among his near relatives
If Mr. Collier ever published any were the ennobled families of Charle-
other works, an account of them will roont, Ludlow, Uiversdale, Bandon»
be acceptable to, and Doneraile.
Yours, &c. PiSHET Thompson. The family of William Greatrakei
• (the new claimant to the title of Ju-
Mr. UasAN, Salop^ Feb. 16. nius) is believed to be extinct in the
I SEND you a few particulars re- male line; his sister, Elizabeth Court*
lative to the Column now erect- ney, is stilt living at Lismore, co.
ing by the County and 'Town of Sa- Waterford.
lop in honour of Lord Hill. Yours, &c. G.H.W.Casban.
Mr.
,t..lh«.JI.>r-l, lSlS.PI.R.p.XI>f.
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T
i. £i ^rr»yz jr J * i.'-T "* :o: ,
V
fiiU of b ^, irx>i^ 7.:k* o! rtoa*. "*^^ >-:"K'v-: w>w ihe w> M Ami
l^lt f'-'JT.^ I . XT «: r--. Vl:i.t^rr^" #x>r':»--inr« ol wai»y vSo ti^r K-r^x
ia hU -C^: . r. T 7:" ri -e "/ 2r^» t-; :ij "** •'''? ^r^^w^ht v|ft HI « «t.»to of ;» •-
ID iUofii '■ JT : "." T.^ii: i^-.cAt.il *"*"**• i'^er«»«rf^% MHI «iil b»\ 4bou«
Xj Mr. >ic* f r.r .if •• H;*:o:\ ol' --^^ i^'f^* »*f '•■•^ *?!•••»» *^^' ^V'0\^.
ben- n? some xvwmbluice to the IVak «« in «» *>f th<* Lord* ft Lr 1\»'<M i
nf nerh\sbin^ ; partieufairly those kiiovin r<«* Karla (»l Stnn'fani «i:xl M .mi :i« IM-
fiAcit's of KeaconHill, Bartlon ward -March l*lulli|>|i!i. o*,;. W ilh.un
hv the fiAri**s of Keacon Hill, Bartlon iraru-3Urch rlull|l>|»!i. ov|. >\ ilh.un
Hill, Ives Head, Cliff Hill, &c. From HerrickyCaq. tho Rrv, riitin.u lto«
the two former oir these the views in dear irile» Qiid Edwafd Daw son » c^i|.
weather are very extensive; reaching Yourff &c. 11. N.
not only over a large part of the neigh- — «^^m»m
bouring counties, but even to the moun* »-^ it. • * » c... »#«■. i ... i v
tains of Wales. In proceeding North- ^'^- V%%An. .^jifW/WI. J-«. IN.
wanb by a direct line from the .Southern T^HK two StonCHi u and *. wrun jht
paiti of the kingdom, these hills are, I X and forinrd lor aonir iinrtirulur
believe, the fint part of the chain, or usc» of which « rou;;h ikrlrh i« ^ivnn,
ridge, which at length constitutes the . (scrjii^, sS.) were lalrly foiiiul «i (inr-
Peak of Derbyihire, and which it couti- thorpc, co. Loir, upon A bwl of ^r»V#l,
nued thence to the most Northem part tjx or seven fvvi hcilow tho surf nit.
of the kingdom. The summits of many u \^ niiiir.slal of > our Cm n -.pi. nil ■
of these hills, particularly that or IWacon ,.„t, ,„ rxplijin ihrir iisr.- in wli;il
Hill, Avhich is considered as the l.i-tu'.t, ., _^,^ v.hHhrr foimnoi.ly l..iM..f.
consist of vast nakec cra.^^y rocKs Uu- ,,; ^..^^rr. Tor \\w pn-MMit, l<-t ||,r.,.
craffs almost universally facme: the W <"'l. . ii i . #/ , ,, m>i .•
rpi 1 , u I he r.alleu .\\\ llituil mill. Mm* nrllin
1 hev are comriosed ot a xcrv hard irrt'v .,, . . i , i , .
ston'e, very like the. bU-.« Klv-ai. stono oV ""^Hto"';". •« "•;» "«"«'» ;""^'' •' l» "'
Cornwall, but not so fissile. It is of an «cr, ')r larjjr i,h..llow di-h. wilh .i
extremely close grit, pv».'S lire with steel, shrived- oil rdjrr ; m Noinr pliin «
whence quartz teems to predominate in diipp**!; in olhiru, hnikr down,
its composition, and some parts of it an: The hotlom is nol, ijuili' Miif, hiif
almost irresistible to the hamniT. Otlwr-i g'-ntly riH^s lo th<T milri? i\\Vr n UnU
of these rocks are composed of an irn- plaf.(r), which ii prrloialfd, n|i|i:iiiiiily
perleci kind of granite, of whieh a mu'-h for II ' piiipoir ol :i Kpifidlr. V\ < ii^hr.
more complete sort abounds in the ri«:i:;ii- .jj poiindi ; dianKtlff, M* if !;• i
bourhood of Moui.tsorell, vthere it is j |,,. upprr inilUlonr, A, t. i i,,M i,-
u^^-d in bu^ldin?-, in the pavement oJ j^, ,|,r,p#: thr; boirom pnrf 'I :. . .,.," .,'i
the stftv.-;.,ar..:-.m-nd the high roa'is." ^Mj,;,,.|oar, is v.xUi:u.i\s p. .h.|, ..U
In 150*5 an Act of PariiatrK'nt re- wa» f'ufid in its p»oj»«-f |il.,««- \.•^,^^u
cci\ed the Ho%al 4 6«ent, for aiiollin;^ tii'; otn«r, whirli it t-A.nWy, /lU. At
and d.v dioi i.. » very vali:^hi': Ira'.t V'..-. Iojj, r, i* an :i|i«'f hif: /,f h'tppn , *»
of ]a::d ; ar.i ia a few fifr'-tin;: ;.»;'«r* i''f,#n fj dia'r'<;''T, ^Of.trwin'/ (»« it
the fic^ o! i'*: '.oj:.tr« » li * '; 'Ar ^:lv <>--";:,'!«, and rf.:«v hoM li.n' rmU.
«i a :"• :^. .-..'C-:;., in *or; '; i.^if* i/f Or«:al'it di^i'n'.v r, j:^ ir.' :.i r •an-V,
t."*: i •**•. r.ive I.*.'-' p*' ' ^ M' i'^.i* 'J Ji.'.d \>t'^]3*:ti'U* i'-r r.« «:'».•, 'y I ' .1 »
ii''.- "L-*Cii.«^d '- ri:*:':- '/ V r'» rw i/hr, i* :.',»!».'•. '.«;if ; ', ,cj» »h<-
.'.:': c. . '«: •, ■. : I'.j s'^""^ '''"'■ * <■'"' * ' i<:T '-r '^ ^. .^ > v.* ^f f '. «■, i*f. 'h
f C T rii '_ i ' ■• i r * ' *: "51 ". . ^ J n 1 1 *; ' '. . ' - r. O ." ■ - ' '*..'•* v. ■,',':','.♦',';.'*♦■'
>'C- -fi: C '-.-'J. : I".d*:;.d, "-' -ri'i tOj.-i^r 'f tf-;* ;r. Hj*: *i-^*^^ v ■ « f«;
t=*r •* 1'."'" »*'.•':'• C. " ■ ■:■'.-■ ^ "':•'- :I « *,*: 1 ' '.• «r»<'. '.* » f',: *
210 Bosworth Field.' Protestant Persecution.-M. Bossuet.[Mafcfar,
frame of iron- work, which may have
perished; and, by the wearing down
on that side by natural pressure, we
may be somewhat countenanced in an
Opinion of the handle having been
fixed there. The stone (not met with
in this country) is of a dirly white
coarse grit, and may be taken for a
rbugh composition of beat sand and
mortar ; and though it has not the
least resemblance to millstones now
in use, yet appears not ill caleulated
for the grindmg of Corn.
Yours, &c. W. MouifSEY^
Mr. Urban,
EitnesthQrpe^ near
Hinckley f Jan. 14.
AS many of your Readers, and Cor-
respondents to your valuable
Magazine, may be gratified with a de-
scription of what is curious or antique
from near to Bosworth Field (where
the decisive battle was fought between
King Richard the Third and Henry
Earl of Richmond, Aug. 22, 1483),
as they are now, from the distance of
time since that period, become ex-
tremely rare ; you herewith receive
VL drawing of an Halberd, or Pike,
(fig, 3.) found recently in the roof of
an old house at Stapleton, which is
supposed to have been preserved by
the antient family of Dawes of that
place. It is upwards of 9 feet in
length, the shaft of oak, banded on
four sides with iron, and studded with
brass nails between every band ; the
shaft is surmounted with two wings
of iron cut into rude open work,
which terminates from the knob
above the wings to a square taper
point of about 2^ feet in length. It
is shod with sharp iron, to be occa-
sionally rested in the ground. Sta-
pleton being situate a^oining Rad-
more Plain*, the field of battle, 1
hare not the least doubt, it has been
preserved as a rare relick of that me-
morable period, as it bears evident
marks of other times f.
Yours, &c. Richard FowKE.
*^*Fig, 4 is a Gold Broche,or Buckle,
found near Husbands Bosworth ;
and has been fully described by the
late Mr.Tailby, in vol. LXX. p. 121.
Extracts from the MSS, of the Me
Dr, DVCAREL.
I.
Protestant Persecution: containing
the Case of the Rev. Mr. Hbrport,
of Berne, for writing a Book about
Oaths.
''An Essay on Truths of Importance to
the Happiness of Mankind." 8vo.
London, 1768. Translated from the
German.
«* THE Rev. Anthony Herport, au-
thor of this book, of a Patrician familv
at Berne (where his relations are stifl
of the Magistracy there), was a man
of great learning, and of considerable
property in the Canton of Bernew
He was for many years Minister at
Vevayi but, becoming deaf about 40
years ^go, had a pension of about 60f.
per annum assigned to him for life by
the Magistrates of Berne | which bein^
unwilling to enjoy in idleness, he
wrote this book; with which the Privy
Council of Berne was so much offendetl,
that they fir^ seized the whole edi-
tion, consisting of 1000 copies, of this
book, and caused it to be publicly
burnt — 13 copies only escaped i for
the recovery of each or these, Ib'e said
Privy Council offered 100 dollars,
about 20/. sterling. This book is
transUited from one of these 18 copies.
The Author was prosecuted, and coii-
deuined (without being heard) to lose
his character, his pension, and his
liberty ; soon aAer which he died ia
confinement (in ' his own house as-
signed for his prison) at Berne, a
Martyr to Truth, in the 73d year of
hisaj;'', ^. D. 1767."
<< Doctors'-Commons April 9, 1768,
I received this information from Mr.
Valtravers, F. R. S. and F. S. A. vrho
prejieuted me with the book.
Anu. Colter Ducarel.**
II.
Concerning a Book- (supposed to be
unique) No. 860 in the MS Library
at Lambeth, entitled ^^^ Exposition de
la Doctrine Cathofique de Af . Bos»uet,*'
a copy of which was faithfully tran-
scribed and sent to the Library of
Lejdcn LFuiversity, by Archbishop
Secker*s direction, in March, 1764,
attested by Dr. Maty and myself.
• See Mr. Pridden's Plan in Nichols's re-publiration of Hutton's Battle of Bos-
worth Field, and also the letter-press in that historical and descriptive work.
t Baker's Chronicle says, << The battle King Richard led himself, which consist
•f a thousand bill-men> empaled with two thousand pikes/' &c. &c.
«« L>xera-
aTec.rKxempiaite ongiuai ae la did-
liulheque Arrhiepiicopnle de* Maou-
KfipU lie Lamtieth, ooui I'aToni
troUT^e cooforroe ea tout aiec cet
Eiemplaire, et pouren cunttatcr et en
Wiiirvr ia parfaite authenticity, noiti
afont non seutenieDt ligue le pr^aent
ccTtilicat, raaia a von) uutrc cela
■oufcript a chaque page let lettre)
initi«le( de doi nom*. Fait aLuudrei
Je 21 de Terrier, A. D. 1764.
AUD. COI-TEE DUCIBEI.,
Leguni Diictor,
Bibliolhecx La ni belli an c Cualoi."
III.
Leitcr to Ur. John Folhcrglll, upon
hii pre*eiitiiig Mr.Purrer'iTtanila-
tion of the Bible to Archbiibop
Seeker Tor the Lambeth Library.
Dear Sir, ngc. Si, 1164.
Mr. PorTcr'i Traoslalipn i.f Ihe
Bible, togelher Kiih jour tery oh-
to perute a Journal ot a inuri eicur<
lion, ID the year 1149, to lome of the
maritime lowni of France, oppuiile
the Kenliih coail, written by Henry
Barllelt, a native of Strarford-upiin-
Avon, where he wai baptized upon
the 13th iif October, 1118 i and com.
municatcd, a ihort time before hia
death, to hia brotber-in-law, the Rev.
Joteph Creenc, late of thi* place.
Thii intelligeat young man, wli» waa
the ion of Mr. Rirhard Bartlell. au
eroitient lurgeon and apothecary here,
by Cecilia tlis wife, cMtabiiahed hira-
■elf in Lundun in Ihe lame |>rar»tioP
at hia father followed ; but died in or
■oon after 1744, about 8G yean of
age. If tiii deMriptioni be ceotureJ
ai tediunil) inimite, and hi* observa-
tions dull and unimportant, let it be
remembered tliat they are Ihe re>
roarku of one jurt eoleriug into life,
to whom, perhnpi, every thing »p-
pearcd ncwand inlereilingi ofoBo wbo
212 A Tripf in 1742, /rom London to Broadstairs. [March,
Tirrote ^ith confidence to a friend and
relation, without the expectation that
his Journal would have filled a few
pa^es of your popular Repository.
The followin|ir is copied from
Greene's transcript, now in the pos-
lession of,
Yours, &c. R. B. Wheler.
ON Tuesday morning, June the 29th
[1742], at 7 o'clock, I, with my Compa-
nion, took a boat at Falcon-stairs, South-
wark, the Thames being then at pretty
near high water. We went through
London bridge with some difficulty; but
continued not long upon the river, chus-
ing to land at Cox's wharf, that we
might, for the sake of variety, more
commodiously walk from thence to Green-
wich. Here a small shower obliged us
to. take immediate shelter. After dinner
at this pleasant village, we took boat
again for our conveyance towards the
Magazine and Foundry at Woolwich ;
where, through the ignorance of our
waterman, we landed with a great deal
of difficulty, being almost up to our knees
in the boggy soil. Indeed the roughness of
the Thames at this place strongly influ-
enced us to quit our boat so soon; and
yet 1 think, if there h\d been a knowing-
one amongst us, we might have picked
out a firmer soil for our landing-place
than this part of Greenwich Marsh.
Except our seeing two porpusses, or
hog-fish, nothing further worthy of no-
tice happened till ouf arrival at Wool-
wich, which village we entered about
four in the afternoon, somewhat fa-
tigued with our walk. Here we saw the .
St. Joseph prize, a capture that the
Spaniards would be glad to have again,
if we would surrender it peaceably. We
had a view also of the King's rope-yard
for the use of the Navy Royal. At ten
in the evening we weut on board a sloop
at Green-dragun stairs, near Woolwich,
Capt. Gilpin commander, burthen forty
tons, without any carriage or swivel
guns ; but, that it might not be said to
be wholly without arms, we had, for an-
noyance of our enemies, one old rusty
gun in the cabin. ' Our whole comple-
ment of men were as follows : first, the
'Captain and his crew, which were only
his cook and cabin-boy ; and secondly,
eight passengers, one of which was an
old drunken Captain, who was going to
^t. Valerois.
As we passed by Gravesend, we heard
the report of three great guns, which
surprized me very much ; but we m^
with, nothing further remarkable betwixt
that place andJSheeruess, near the mouth
oif the liver Med way, excfj)t you reckon
the floating light on tht North-sand as
such ; a contrivance to direct ship« in
the time of darkness, placed there at the
expence of David Avery, a merchant of
London, June the 15th, 1731.
By this time I began to be exceedingly
sick. A squall of wind ran our gunnel
under water, and in about an hour drove
Us upon the Flats, — some shoals of sand
near the mouth of the Thames, called
the Spaniard; — which, for want of the
tide to lift us oflf, obliged us to cast an-
chor. Here we had two or three smart
showers of rain, which not washing away
our appetite, we began to think on the
contents of our cupboard, namely, a \eg
of mutton, an half-quartern loaf, &c.
which provision we had taken in at
Woolwich to serve us in our passage to
Dover or Calaif:, arcording as the wind
should prove favourable. To Use no
time, we here boiled our leg of mutton;
and five ef our number, whose stomachs
were most importunate, sate down to
eat heartily, with only one trencher
among them. I, to my great grief, was
no companion for these, though J could
observe them from my bed in my cabioy
where I lay thoroughly sick, and much
dispirited. However, after a little rest, ^
1 endeavoured, as 1 lay, to eat a little i
and could scarcely forbear smiling,wben I
considered the rather indelicate mode of
taking my repast, with my bread in one
hand, and meat in the other, gnawing it
like a dog, without trencher, knife,
or salt.
The tide coming in, we weighed an-
chor, and spoke with several homeward-
bound ships from Portugal, Antigua,
and Jamaica, which met us in ihe North
Foreland ; and though we were in some
little danger, by reason of the lightness
of our, sloop, yet by six o'clock in the
evening we had proceeded so far on our
voyage as to double the North Foreland,
which is the North-£ast point or cap«
of Kent^ and put in safely at Bradstow,
or Broadstairs, a kind of small port on
the East side of the Isle of Thanet.
Our stoppage here was chiefly occa-
sioned by the wind's now becoming much
too boisterous for our little vessel to live
out at sea ; wherefore, to pass our time
more agreeably , we went a little mile up
the country, to a small town callea St.
Peter's, where a fair was then kept, and
lay there that night, returning to Brad-
stow early 4iext' morning.
The inbabii ants of Bradstoware chiefly
fishermen, civH and obliging people. It
was at the latter end of the mackarel
season when we came here; however,
we bought six very large ones for a shil-
ling, just after they were taken out of
the sea^ which relished delicious ly. I
walked
l*t 5.7 Journey from BroadsUin to Dover, thence to Caltis. ^ 1 s'
walked opon the fHer of this plaoe, atid alib Smndown CMtle» ott the other iM«
pieked up aeferal large sUi^fisb ; whieh Deal^ eoamaad the sea ooaft.
eartoeity of mine being obsenred by a We arrived at Dover abodt 8 o'eloek
fiiheraian, he made me a present of two on Thorsdaj erei^n^, and lay there tiMM!
•r three skins of small sea-dogs, or teals, night t but ware disaippoiBtad ef oar pw^
The wmd still eontinoing very violent sage the neat monring, and dfaiigetf to
and tempestuous, and threatening us in wait for the night-tide. - Having that M
all probaldlity with destruction if we seemingly useless day upon our haa^'
ventured te sea again in our old sloop, we eoukl think of no better employmon:
wMeh was so slenderly provided with than walking about, to take a view of
ballast that a moderate puff must have the sea>Ooast, fte. whieh was a vaiy
overset us» as had nearly been our mis- agreeable entertainment to us. As we
* fortune at the North Foreland : we there- were sauntering and prying about npott
lore determined to pass by land from the beach, I found a seardof fish's head
this place to Dover; and accordingly we (th^ same which I sent you some Uttk
took horse for thia purpose at deven while since), and several verv boantlfal
o'clock the next morning. Near Rams- shells of seapfisb. Our this day's walk,
^te, we passed between t0o pleasant And the different prospects we by Ihia
villages called St. Peter and St. Law- means had, would have afforded us abuii-
rence ; and soon after, rode for two or dantly more satisfoction, if the extremo
three miles very near the sea-coast, at a roughness of the sea, and a furiooa
pUoe called Great Cliff's End, from South- West wind, had not damped our
which road we had a plain view of save- spirits a little, in expectation of a troo-.
ralriiips in the Downs and Deal Harbour, blesome voyage.
In a mile or two's further riding we This was not, however, soAeient to
came to Sandwich, a sea-port market- deter us from our expedition. The Iih
tdWn ; but before we could enter it, we satiable thirst of novelty and variety still
were forced to feny over a river aiyoin- hunf^ upon us : we therefore launched
ing to it, which, if I remember right, is out from Dover, and bade adieu to Old
called Wanitame ; and then, it being England for a time (after we had p;iid
about two in the afternoon, we reached sixpence a head for each passenger), at
our inn at the sign of the Bell and An- jnst 36 minutes past six in the Evening,
chor, the place agreed upon whereat to Our vessel was called the Jacob sloops
refresh ourselves with a dinner. Capt. Boykin commander; his comple-
Our acroinmodations here fell much ment of men seven, with six s;Evivel guns,,
short of what we expected^ for our land- and a pretty many passengers on board
lord being a bachelor, and gone some bound for Calais, amongst whom waa
distance from home, and none but ser- Count Denniskiouid, nephew to the pre-
vants being left to manage for him in sent King of Denmark, who had served
his absence, the consequence was what in America as a volunteer under Com-
roay always be expected in such cases modore Lestock, in the late unsuccessful '
and circumstances ; namely, a vile waste attempt upon Carthagena. This youn^
of provisions to pamper the worthless gentleman was about twenty years of
managers, and an Utter disregard, if not age, and now returning home, accompa-
contempt, of tho^e guests anii customers nied by his Tutor, after having spent
at whose cost thtty are supported. Meet- some time in England. Besides these,
ing, therefore, with but indifferent usage there were an English Gentleman, with
at this house, in two hours' time we his French feotman, preparing for a tour
hired fresh horses, and left that misera- through France; another from West*
hie place to more indifferent travellers. Chester, bound for Montpelier ; my
Our journey led us through Sandown friend (who spoke the French tongue
Gate, and then by an old wall, reported exceedingly well), and myself; besideo
to be part of .what was formerly a very the Danish Count's attendants,
strons: l\)rtification, thoug;h now almost Mostof us were.exiraordinarily sea-sick
entirely decayed. \Wq passed also by in our passage, particularly the County
Sandown Castle, another strong, though whose disorder confined him to his cabin.
small buil(lin<7 oii the sea shore ; and Wc had our stormy attendants, the por-
about five o'clock entered Deal, a very pusses, who, after their sporting man-
pleasant market-town. We did not so ner, rolled upon the waves,
much as once stop at this place, but We arrived at Calais in the dusk of
i-ode on through Beach- street, from the evening, about 9 of the clock. As
whence we had a very agreeaiile and soon as we got into the harbour, the
near prospect of the ships in the Downs. Count came upon deck ; and, as I knew
Soon after, we passed by Deal Castle, he talked English pretty well, I asked
and, in less than a measured mile fur- him what time he thought it was ; upon
tber, by Walmer Castle 5 which two, as which he very obligingly lent me bis
watcb.
214 Calais m 1742 described. — Road to St. Onier's. [Marcli^
watcb, by which J found we had (as in« To dispel such melancholy notionf »
deed tb«y. all accounted it) a very quick and convince ourselves we were no
passaf^e over, 2 hours and S4 minutes, long^er under restraint, we unairiroously
though we were under some uneasy appre- acyoumed to the Silver Lion, which ii the
hensions from a turbulent wind and sea. post-house, and refreshed ourselves with
There are three forts on this part of a breakfast of coffee and tea, crowning
the French coast, that at hiffh tide ap- all with a bottle of ^ood French wine»
pear in the water a considerable distance to qualify us for walking; about with
firom the land. Soon aftf r passing be- greater alacrity and vigour,
twixt the«e, we set footing on French The town of Calais is well fortified
ground; but the gates of Calais were with walls, drawbridges, and a continual
fthut up before oor arrival, which obliged and numerous garrison. There is upon
us to lie at a little paltry house under the platform, among others, a very large
the town-walls. and beautiful brass cannon, near thirty
By the time 1 entered this wretched feet in length, a present from theDuke
H6tel, I found myself grievously hungry; of Lorrain to Louis XIV. Their chief
wherefore I made signs fur something to market, which we had the opportunity
eat, and got some wine. I had learned of seeing; at its height, is kept in a place
by rote, Je vouspjie, donnez moi guelque somev^bnt like Covent-Garden, but falls
chose h manner [Pray give me something very short of it in the spaciousness of
to eat], which upon this occasion 1 feel- the area, as well as in the agreeable
ingly uttered; and directly one of the variety of every kind of useful vegetable
attending Mademoiselles pulled out of a with which our country furnishes us.
cupboard, from under an old table, part Proposing to ourselves a trip by land
of a rabbit for my use, but so\ very to St. Omer's, in the province of Artois
strongly impregnated with pepper, that in French Flanders, we left Calais about
I could eat none of it. To alleviate this ten of the clock, being five only innum^
misfortune, some of the rest of our cum- her ; viz, the Gentleman, with his French
pany presented me and my companion footman, who were our fellow^ passengers
with some of their mutton and chicken from Dover; a Gentleman who lodged
which tliey brought from England ; and at the Silver Lion at Calais, a jnaster of
with this, and our liquor, which was the French tongue, and who accumpa-
water and wine sweetened with sugar, nied us for pleasure ; my intimate Com*
we made a tolerably good supper. . panion, who set out with me from Lon-
The odd appearance of our Madame la dcm ; and myself.
Gouvernesse and her two Mademoiselle; In the public road and in the
daughters, in their short petticoats and Yields we passed wry near to seve^
their other whimsical dr<ess^ together small Chapels, as they are called (soi
with the manner of their discourse, what like seutry-boKesJ, the doors of
obliged me, through fear of giving of- which buildings reach acros9 tlie whole
fence, to step out of the house while! breadth, having the upper part panneled
vented myself in a hearty fit of laugh- or sashed with glass ; the top of which is
ing. Having some time after signified made open towards the front with balus-.
our inclination of retiring to the place of tres, not very unlike the garden^gates
our repose for tl^at night, we were ' con- of some of our English Gentlemen. My-
ducted to our lodging-room and bed ; curiosity led me to ride up to one oif
but the appearance they both made was these little Chapels, when I observed
so little inviting, that we chose to divest through the glass a small kind of. altar,
ourselves of our coats, waistcoats, and whereon stood a Crucifix, and near it a
shoes only, for fear of having a regiment diminutive image of the Virgin Mary»
of GzlViQ HexapodeSy in plain English dressed like one of our raree-sbew pup-
French lice, quartered upon us, the bare pets, or Lady Catherinas, that are car-
n^^prehension of which kept us much ried about at London, and move by
longer awake than was agreeable. clock-work.
In tlK morning we were sent for, I Thc.entrance that should be into these
presume according to their usage of all mighty sanctuaries is always made up
strangers, to write down our names at fast, no one going into them either fur
the Guard-room ; after which we were devotion, or upon any other account s
conducted by a guard of soldiers to the but the zealous votary kneels down q|^
Custom-house at the Port, in order to the outside, directing bis petitions |#.
Ue sesircbed for contraband goods, when,- his helpless mediatrix through tlicL (lil|
paying a threepenny fee to the Governor, of the half-panneled door,
we were forthwith dismissed, looking, I We had, perhaps, continued our oIih
imagin<*d, like so many London night- servations on thissketc)! of Rppui^ fij^.
talkers dragged out of a watch-houtic pery a little tonger; but asnwrtLdMQMr^
ftjr examination cf^ram nobis, of rain folUof on us^ and the bak^yif*
glo
buildings ami their c
This College ia govtrriea oy iix ra-
iheng and as it U pretty well kilawn
that nloiMt wherever the Jesuits bave
an utablished Sciciety, there (for Ibe
sake of trainiii;; up jauth to their way
uftbiiiking) tli<ry h3,ve aSchool or Semi-
nary fur the insiructiun of aucL youth,
wham they themieives leaeh for a very
moderate recompense ; to the cliiidren
of OUT Eoglish Roman Catholic Gentry,
who are for the most part eilurated here,
^ive nu more Ihaii the sum of twenty-
fuur pounds sterling per mnuDi.' for
which sum only they are supplied with
all manmr of necessaries, and bave, into
the agrpemeaC, tailors, shoemakers,
joinen, &c, to work for (hem, all upon
What we neit obierveil here, more
particularly {as [Judged) worth our no-
lioe, was an Apothecary's shop, exqui-
titely beautiful, and furnished wilh muse
costly drug« and medicines from Hol-
land. Some of the drawers are made to
represent pillars in the several orders of
architecture, and have fine splendid
carved work gilt on Lbe top.'seemiiif as
go many stately supporters to the place-
Adjoining to thia is » room set apart fir
Mr. IlRBaN, Fei. 81.
IT it a general complaint thai tbe
fiuMt Applei of this country bav«
degenerated, and that many of the
belt Ktrts have CDtirelj disappeared
from uur gardens and orchard*, it
would nut be difficult to shew, that
ever) nuccetsive grafting is a new
pejoratioD of the fruit engrafted.
B; such proof the failure would bt
accounted fur: but 1 shall only at
present lo far intrude upon the page*
of jour Magazine, ai to point out
an efieclual method of retainiag g(H>d
apples in (he country without the
paini of crafting. In every perfectly
ripe apple there will be. found one,
and sometimes two, round iceds ; the
others will have one or mure' flatted
■ides. The round ones will produce
the improved fruit, froia which they
ftc taken; and those wilh flaUed
side) will produce ihe fruit of the
crab upon which Ihe graft was ia-
■Erted. ft reuuirei not a long time
to aicertaia tne difieteocet for, ifa
circle
fills, or any bright yeUow flo#erf,
will decoy perch into a drum-oel.
He who If ears a black hat in saromer
will have tenfold the number of flics
upon it that his companion will have
upon a white one. When more ob-
senrations of this kind have beea
made and classified, they may fead to
some consequences of practical utility.
.We have obseryed that black dotbes
attract and retain odours more sensi*
bly than light ones : Is it not possible
that they may more readily contract
and communicate infection ?**
Yours,' &c.
CVRIOSUS.
216 Apple-trees, — Animats affected by Colours. . [Marcfai
circle is drawn in rich ground, and the
^at-sided seeds planted therein, and
the round seeds in the centre, the ra-
riation of quality will be discovered
in two or three years: the first will
throw out the leaves of a crab, and
the latter the leaves of an improved
tree, distinguished in shape, fibre, and
a lanuginous appearance;, and in due
time, the fruit of eiach^will put every
thing beyond doubt.
It is to be observed, moreover, that
the jseeds of crabs (being originals)
are mostly, if not altogether, Jtound. >
Yours, &c. Bbnamor.
Mr. Urban, March 1.
MR. FORBBS (in his interesting
and splendid ** Oriental Me-
moirs'*), when at Dazagan in Concan,
then belonging to 'the Mahrattas,
kept a chameleon for several weeks,
and paid great attention to its chang-
ing colours. Its general colour was
*' a pleasant green** spotted with pale
blue. Its customary changes were to
a bright yellow, a dark olive, and a
dull green ; but, when irritated, or
when a dog approached, in which
case fear was perhaps the operating
cause, the body became considerably
inflated, and the skin clouded like
tortoise-shell, in shades of yellow,
orange, green, and black t in these
circumstances it appeared to roost
advantage. The animal was most
singularly affected by any thing black :
the skirting-board of the room was
black, and the creature carefully
avoided it ; but if by chance he came
near it, or if a black hat were placed
in his ^ay, he shrunk to a skeleton,
and became black as jet. It was evi-
dent, by the care he took to avoid
those objects which occasioned this
change, that it was painful to him.
The colour seemed to operate like a
poison.
^<The fact," says the Quarterly
Review, *'is highly curious, and de-
serves further investigation. We
know but little of the manner in
which animal.i are affected by colours,
and that little is only known popu-
larly. The buffalo and the bull are
enraged by scarlet, which, according
to the blind man*8 notion, acts upon
tbem like the sound of a trumpet.
Is it because the viper has a like an-
tipathy, that the viper-catchers pre-
tent a red rag, when they provoke it
to bite, to extract its fangs ? Doffb-
Mr.